Patients who are undergoing maintenance hemodialysis due to chronic renal failure manifest a variety of complications. Out of such complications dermal pruritus has occurred in more than 80% of the patients and is well known to be intractable. No specific therapy for this complication has not been established. S ymptomatic treatment of different kinds are tried to indi vidual patients with unce…
Intractable dermal pruritus is one of the complications of chronic hemodialysis patients. Its frequency is relatively high and is said to reach more than 60% of the patients1)2). In daily practice, we often encounter patients who complain severe skin pruritus. Many ways of treatment have so far been attempted for skin pruritus but no decisive therapy has been found. The reason is considered to …
Patients with renal failure, usually end-stage renal disease (ESRD), commonly are afflicted by severe pruritus. The pathogenesis of ESRD pruritus is unknown, but improving the quality of dialysis can reduce the prevalence and severity of ESRD pruritus. Topical and systemic agents as well as broadband ultraviolet phototherapy can be extremely beneficial. Gabapentin has been recently discovered…