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Shortness Of Breath. Suffering With Chronic Kidney Failure. Using Eropoethin. Measures To Relieve Symptoms?
My husband has Chronic Kidney failure. but his Crea now is 4.8 unlike b4 its 9.2 His lab results all test is normal except his hemoglobin 92.8. he has weekly injection of Eropoethin n taking iron,calcium.His blood pressure is 150/100 and continue his extreme diet only fruits n Vegie No Salt. To make his creatinine in normal condition why is it still has shortness of breath despite good lab results?
Thu, 10 Oct 2013
Hi
Thanks for your query.
2 common causes of shortness of breath in patients with kidney diseases are:
1) Fluid overload: This can be identified by doing a Chest X Ray. If there is evidence of fluid in the lungs we could start him on diuretics or water pill.
2) Acidosis i.e., excess acid in the blood. This will be picked up by doing a blood gas analysis. If this is the case we could try some oral sodamint pills.
Hope this helps
Good luck.
Thanks for your query.
2 common causes of shortness of breath in patients with kidney diseases are:
1) Fluid overload: This can be identified by doing a Chest X Ray. If there is evidence of fluid in the lungs we could start him on diuretics or water pill.
2) Acidosis i.e., excess acid in the blood. This will be picked up by doing a blood gas analysis. If this is the case we could try some oral sodamint pills.
Hope this helps
Good luck.
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