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What Causes Skin Discoloration While Suffering From Kidney Disease?

Hi Doctor.My father has kidney problem.Creatinine is at 8.He sleeps whole day.Skin has changed the color & its looking black.We are thinking of starting Diaysis but can we stop Dialysis & come back on medicines?Our nephrologist said if he gets more side effects then we will stop the Dialysis & start medicines. Is that really possible?
Fri, 14 Aug 2015
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Hello, creatinine levels of 8 means there is already 80%+ damage to the kidneys. Some times some patient after doing 1 or 2 dialysis can revert to better functioning of the kidneys and they wont require any further dialysis and can be managed only on medicines. But creat of 8 does needs dialysis to get the accumulated toxic products out of the body so kidneys could restart their functioning. So i would suggest to go with the advice of your nephrologist and undergo dialysis and then follow up regularly. Thank you
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What Causes Skin Discoloration While Suffering From Kidney Disease?

Hello, creatinine levels of 8 means there is already 80%+ damage to the kidneys. Some times some patient after doing 1 or 2 dialysis can revert to better functioning of the kidneys and they wont require any further dialysis and can be managed only on medicines. But creat of 8 does needs dialysis to get the accumulated toxic products out of the body so kidneys could restart their functioning. So i would suggest to go with the advice of your nephrologist and undergo dialysis and then follow up regularly. Thank you