As a matter of fact, headache is just one of the side effects of hemodialysis and besides it, there are many others like nausea, vomiting, itchy skin, low blood pressure, fatigue and muscle cramp. For headache, it affects about 70% of hemodialysis patients and usually results from:
-Insufficient blood supply in brain
Hemodialysis is a medical procedure in which blood is made out of the body and then transfused back to the body in several hours after being filtered by a machine. Quick removal of blood from body will lead to insufficient blood supply in brain, which can cause headache.
-Hypertension or high blood pressure
Hypertension is also a common cause of headache in people undergoing hemodialysis. In such a case, headache may also be accompanied with dizziness, seizure, blurring vision and rise in blood pressure. Measuring blood pressure regularly during or after hemodialysis is helpful.
-Disequilibrium syndrome
Disequilibrium syndrome which also can be described as rapid fluid or electrolyte shift can also cause headache problem. Careful pre-assessment and monitoring during hemodialysis helps to prevent this terrible side effect.
-Anxiety or nervous tension
It is easy to feel anxiety or nervous before hemodialysis and if patients do not control their emotion well, they will experience headache during or after headache. Please learn about hemodialysis in advance to make preparation, so as to reduce the risk of headache.
Headache is really an ordeal for hemodialysis patients. As it can be caused in different causes, so we need to take different actions to eliminate it. Here, you can describe your illness condition to our online doctor to get individual advice.
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