Travel is not advisable for dialysis patients
Author: adminA recent medical study has shown pieces of evidence that travelling is not good for dialysis patients.
According to the result of the research presented at the American Society of Nephrology’s 42nd Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego, CA it was discovered that dialysis patients who travels faces the risks of suffering from infections, anemia, and other complications that can compromise their dialysis treatments.
The research was made possible through the efforts of nurses, Claire Edwards, RGN; Kathleen Lynch, RGN; Neill Duncan, MRCP (West London Renal and Transplant Centre, Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Institute, United Kingdom); and their colleagues who all collected health information on patients who travelled on vacation at some point between April 2008 to March 2009.
The research also consist of 69 patients of diverse ethnic background who travelled to Europe, the Middle East, India, the United States, Africa, the Pacific Rim, and South Asia.
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Dialysis patients better avoid travelling if they wish to protect their health.
Based on the study it was discovered that one patient died during travel and two damaged or lost their fistulas or grafts (surgically created sites that provide dialysis tubes access to the blood).
Seven patients also required blood transfusions soon after their return, and several acquired blood stream infections.
With the data they gathered, the researchers made the conclusion that travel among dialysis patients is associated with significantly increased infection rates, loss of vascular access, and anemia.
"Many patients wish to travel freely around the world. This study empowers patients with information in order
for them to make choices about their lifestyle," explained Edwards.
Moreover, the researchers revealed the study is limited by the fact that the precise details of treatment received by patients, including treatment duration, blood loss, infection, antibiotic starts, etc while patients were on vacation was not always clear.
The group explained there is no data for non-dialysis travellers, but the risks are expected to be significantly lower.
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