How to Help Stage 5 Kidney Failure Patients with Fever

fever, Stage 5 Kidney Failure Fever can happen to some patients with stage 5 kidney failure, and there is no doubt that it will affect the prognosis of condition. What fever reducer should stage 5 kidney failure patients with fever take?

For patients with stage 5 kidney failure, because of the decreased immunity, they are easy to have fever after being infected, catching a cold or finishing dialysis treatment. However, many febrifuges contain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory which can do harm to kidney function. So, it can be dangerous for patients to take fever reducer blindly.

Some fever reducer can cause decline in white blood cell, decrease in blood platelet, gastrorrhagia, anaphylactic shock, kidney damage, etc, such as aspirin, aminopyrine, phenacetin and so on. So, patients with fever should take febrifuges under doctors’ guidance. Here are some suggestions for stage 5 kidney failure patients with fever:

-Treat high blood pressure

-low-protein and low-phosphorus diet

-Oral calcium supplements and vitamins to treat renal osteopathy

-Increase intake of iron and folic acid to improve anemia, using Erythropoietin if necessary

-Using calcium ion antagonist, like nifedipine

-Take Oxidized starch adsorbent orally to reduce BUN level

-When having a cold, diarrhea, skin infection, UTI, toothache, etc, you should take antibiotics under doctors’ guidance.

If having any questions about fever and any other symptoms of stage 5 kidney failure, feel free to consult online doctor, we are glad to help. What is more, here we would like to say dialysis or kidney transplant is no longer the only choice for patients with stage 5 kidney failure nowadays, more and more foreign patients come to China to get benefits from Chinese therapies aiming at repairing kidney damage and recovering renal function. If you are interested in Chinese therapies treating your stage 5 kidney failure, you can email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, our expert will reply you with medical advises within 48 hours.