Tuesday, December 13, 2011

STEP BY STEP DESCRIPTION

POST DIALYSIS WASHOUT:

Following hemodialysis,patients may experience a syndrome called"washout"The patient feels weak,tremulous,extreme fatigue.patients report they are too tired,too weak to converse,hold a book or even a newspaper."It may also vary in intensity ranging from whole body aching,stiffness in joints and other flu_ like symptoms including headaches,nausea and loss of appetite.The syndrome may begin toward the end of treatment or minutes following the treatment.It may last 30 minutes or 12-14 hours  in a dissipating form.Patients though exhausted have difficulty falling asleep.Ezting a light meal,rest and  quiet help and patient cope with washout until it has'worn away'.

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