What kind of dialysis are you on? HemoDialysis or Peritoneal Dialysis? I suspect you are doing Hemo and so then I start thinking your breathlessness may be happening because they are under dialysing you. Not taking enough water out of your system. How many times a week do you get dialysed?

You may need to be dialysed at a higher number of liters. My friend Myrna was being dialyzed at 4 liters. She moved to a different state and they changed that to 2 liters and she had a problem with breathlessness. They took out less water. That turned into congestive heart failure. Water puts pressure on the heart and lungs as well as other organs in the body, pressurizing them. Dialysis changes all that if you are being dialysed deep enough.

Myrna changed over to Peritoneal Dialysis (PD) and did her treatments at night while she slept. PD is much easier on the body. PD does not destroy Red Blood Cells. With PD you are able to keep your fluid levels at a more consistent level. With PD you don't have problems with Low Blood Pressure and Passing Out because you are able to keep your fluid levels at a more consistent level.

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