Does skin itchy mean kidney damaged for diabetic nephropathy patients?

Does skin itchy mean kidney damaged for diabetic nephropathy patients? Itchy skin can be caused by various factors such as liver disease or kidney disease as well as some medications and allergy. However, here we mainly talk about itchy skin caused by damaged kidney due to diabetes.

Why diabetic nephropathy patients have itchy skin feeling?

1. Skin dehydration

Kidneys in normal case can remove wastes from the bloodstream. However, when people have diabetes which is not under control for a long time, it will bring damage to kidneys, kidneys fail to filter metabolic wastes and excessive minerals such as calcium and phosphorus out of body. In this case, the body will remove liquid in the skin to the bloodstream to deal with too high mineral level. In this case, your skin will lack of enough liquid, causing skin dehydration. Skin dehydration will cause itchy feeling.

2. Histamin release

Histamin is one kind of protein released by the body when there are foreign materials invading the body. The skin may be itchy just as an allergic reaction to histamin release. In addition, histamin will also cause less liquid in the bloodstream which will aggravate skin dehydration. With this regard, taking anti-histamin may have a quick efficacy.

What can I do with itchy skin?

For this, I recommend a natural treatment to alleviating itchy skin for diabetic nephropathy patients. That is medicated bath. Patients can treat disease with taking bath. In addition, this treatment is very comfortable and has no side effects.

Specific medicines or substances are put into the water to help alleviate skin itchy. Medicated bath usually include the following for alleviating itchy skin, such as baking soda bath, oatmeal bath, peppermint bath.

Medicated bath is considered as a natural and healthy treatment for treating skin itch. Besides, medicated bath can also promote blood circulation and get rid of fatigue as well as improve sleep quality. For detailed information about medicated bath, feel free to consult our online experts.

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