my dad is on hemo now for 3 months...dry skin is caused by lack of water in your system...dialysis removes excess water from you...my dad got a derma and was advised to use a lotion to keep the moisture from coming in so as to prevent dry skin
I'm an old man and probably would not recgonize dry skin if I had it. Don't think I do. Have been and ESRD on Hemo for over 5 years now,
Good luck
Cicero
Hi Dawn,
How are you? I have often heard ESRD patients complaining about that exact thing. I've do have very dry skin, but have always blamed it on diabetes, but I guess it could be a combination of both diabetes and ESRD.
Talk to you neph about this, might need to go see a dermatologist to get the the root of the prob.
I just used lots of lotion throughout the day, that seems to help me.
Take care!!