Is Low Blood Pressure One Side Effect of Renal Dialysis

Some people experienced low blood pressure (hypotension) after taking on dialysis. But most of them do not know why they have suddenly suffered this. In fact, low blood pressure is one side effect of renal dialysis.

Dialysis is an artificial kidney

Kidneys are organs that are in charge of filtering blood and produce urine in order to discharge toxic substances from the body. The two kidneys contain millions of glomeruli that are little balls of blood vessels and the glomeruli are the main tissues to achieve this work. When they lost more than half glomeruli, kidneys cannot support the body to remove these wastes of embolism. Over time, glomeruli would lose more and more along with the increasing severity. People need renal dialysis to discharge excess water, salt as well as waste products.

Dialysis can save people to sustain life once they step into renal failure. However, it also arouses many side effects, such as cramp, low blood pressure, heart failure, arrhythmia and so on. After long-term dialysis, almost all of the people have experienced low blood pressure. Why do they suffer this frequently?

The common cause is that they gain too much weight between two times of dialysis. If they remove too much water, low blood pressure occurs. Other causes include taking hypertensive drugs, diabetic autonomic neuropathy, heart dysfunction, allergy to dialysis devices.

In order to avoid low blood pressure caused by renal dialysis, patients need to receive dialysis regularly and they should avoid discontinue of dialysis during treatment. Otherwise, it may threaten people’s lives. Besides, patients also can get other assistant treatment. For example, they are suitable to choose Immunotherapy that can produce many new healthy cells to repair kidney tissues and especially glomeruli. So they can restore some kidney function.


As long as people can get more kidney function, they are hopeful to cast off renal dialysis and also avoid the side effect—low blood pressure. If you are confused with the side effects of renal dialysis, please have a try and get a good effect.