Why do uremia patients have sleeping problem? Actually most of patients will
suffer from sleeping problem when chronic kidney disease develops into stage 4
or stage 5, and the reasons are as follows:
1. In uremia stage or stage 5 chronic kidney disease, kidney fails to remove
extra fluid in the body, thus causing the retention of fluid in chest or
enterocoelia, which leads to increased body weight and difficulty in lying down
on the bed, thus causing sleeping difficulty.
2. Depression is also a reason which leads to the sleep disorder for uremia
patients. They suffer from complications as well as symptoms such as edema,
worrying life expectancy and the load to the family members. Please have
confidence on the modern technology, which can really help you solve the
problem.
3. In uremia stage, due to failed kidney, waste and toxins can not be out of
the body, which leads to the unstable sleeping. In addition, metabolic acidosis
can also lead to sleep disorder.
4. In uremia period, due to the retention of toxins throughout the body,
there is damage in other systems such as nerve system and internal secretion
system, both of which can lead to the problem in sleeping. For example, people
with vomiting and nausea will surely have difficulties in falling asleep.
5. Dialysis can also lead to sleep quality, especially for those who are
under dialysis for a long time. The statistics show that 57% to 80% of uremia
patients have sleep problem after long time dialysis. 74.5% people with
continuous peritoneal dialysis have sleep disorder.
Is there any solution? Immunotherapy is worth trying which can help reduce
the times of dialysis, repair the damaged cells in the kidney and recover normal
immune system.
