Chest Pains

[karen547]

Last night at treatment, I was having very slight chest pain. It was in my right side only, and my aterian pressure alarm kept going off and I got off 10 minutes early. Has anyone else experienced this? I am on Hemo-Dialysis.

[fluffy]

i've had little  pains on both sides of my chest during dialysis, the doctors said is was probably muscle pain. I worry about it alot less since they gave me xanax tho 

[okarol]

Hemodialysis often involves fluid removal (through ultrafiltration), because most patients with renal failure pass little or no urine. Side effects caused by removing too much fluid and/or removing fluid too rapidly include low blood pressure, fatigue, chest pains, leg-cramps, nausea and headaches. These symptoms can occur during the treatment and can persist post treatment; they are sometimes collectively referred to as the dialysis hangover or dialysis washout. The severity of these symptoms are usually proportionate to the amount and speed of fluid removal. However, the impact of a given amount or rate of fluid removal can vary greatly from person to person and day to day. These side effects can be avoid and/or their severity lessoned by limiting fluid intake between treatments or increasing the dose of dialysis e.g. dialyzing more often or longer per treatment than the standard three times a week, 3-4 hours per treatment schedule. from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemodialysis

[Sluff]

Great response Okarol, thank you for your resourcefulness.

[Ang]

karen


        i'd  reckon  they  may  have  been  pulling  off  a  little  to  much  fluid,if  it  persists  for  the  next  few  treatments  fet it  checked  out.

[fluffy]

maybe im taking too much off too, for a while i was kinda worried that id totally finished my heart off