Common causes of arm infection in dialysis
In hemodialysis, the vein and artery are connected together to form a site through which blood can be transfused to the dialysis machine and then returned back to the body again. The common cause of arm infection in hemodialysis is Staphylococcus Aureus and commonly found bacteria on the surface of the skin. If not treated timely, the infection may affect the catheter exit site, cuff or tunnel.
Symptoms of arm infection from dialysis
When there is infection from dialysis, patients are likely to experience fever, chills, bleeding around catheter, red sore skin around catheter insertion point and so on. When these discomforts appear, patients should be highly alert about infection.
How to deal with arm infection associated with dialysis?
When there is arm infection from dialysis, a course of IV antibiotics or pills will be used. If these antibiotic therapy can not solve the problem, the catheter may need to be removed or replaced, which is really an unpleasant experience.
Effective prevention of catheter infection helps to reduce sufferings, improve life quality and increase life span. In daily life, to reduce the risk for arm infection, patients must be very careful about their personal hygiene, try to keep the catheter site dry and clean, change catheter dressings and avoid catheter trauma.
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