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Suggest Treatment For Abdominal Discomfort While On Home Dialysis
Hello Ia ma 51 yr old female 5'5 & have I have pd cath because my creatine was at 3.9 but after starting home dialysis 2 exhcanges a day 4 hour dwells mine is now 2.9.. wondering woow should I even continue dialysis at this time.. I am putting in 2000 dialysate & getting out 1700 but hoping that chnages htis week since this is the first week. Sure is bloating and uncomfortable in the diaphram area with tis much fluid .. Is ispossible to have less fluid than 2000?
Tue, 6 Sep 2016
ideally there should be 4exchages a day. if you do that then you can reduce the dialysate volume also to 1.5 lt.but regular monitoring with doctor is required
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