What to do if a dialysis patient has a bad appetite

Dialysis patients with poor appetite, clinical according to different etiology to take appropriate treatment program to improve the patient’s appetite, there are the following aspects: First, dialysis is not sufficient, the initial dialysis patients due to the dialysis dose or dialysis time is not enough, resulting in uremic toxin removal is not enough, the patient appeared poor appetite, dialysis should be assessed for adequacy, clear immediately after the adjustment of the dialysis program, to achieve full dialysis, so as to improve the patient’s appetite. Second, the combination of gastritis or peptic ulcer, conditions permit the patient to carry out gastroscopy in order to clarify the diagnosis, clear can be given to the gastrointestinal mucosal protective agents. Third, combined with depression or anxiety state, about 50% of chronic kidney disease patients will be combined with depression or anxiety state, can be timely depression, anxiety scores, after clarification of anti-anxiety, antidepressant treatment to improve the patient’s appetite.