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What Causes Bleeding In The Kidney Of A Dialytic Patient?

my husband, 56yrs, has pkd, 230lbs. just came out of the hospital the other day...due to bleeding kidney. now, i suspect that was caused by the cycler machine which he uses to dialyze. bleeding that followed another cyler use the other night, stopped when he swtched to manual exchanges. this morning, his bp is 111/70 and pulse rate is 118. please tell us how to lower pulse rate...his pulse rate is normally low becasue he's taking lopressor. pulse rate has been erratic the past two days since episode with bleeding. thank you for your help.
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Hello and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist,i can understand your anxiety.
From the details given by you,there're certain implications.He's overweight.
He's having CKD on maintainence dialysis. Bleeding is seen in dialysis patient's and Lopressor controls high BP and lower pulse rate.
Pulse rate will fluctuate at the time of bleeding.Don't worry about it.
You've not given his Hb,creatinine,RBS,LFT,electrolyte or platelets levels.
He should consider a kidney transplantation at the earliest.
If you've any doubts,you may send his reports,as a direct question to me.
Dr.Matthew J. Mangat.

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What Causes Bleeding In The Kidney Of A Dialytic Patient?

Hello and welcome to HCM. As an Urologist,i can understand your anxiety. From the details given by you,there re certain implications.He s overweight. He s having CKD on maintainence dialysis. Bleeding is seen in dialysis patient s and Lopressor controls high BP and lower pulse rate. Pulse rate will fluctuate at the time of bleeding.Don t worry about it. You ve not given his Hb,creatinine,RBS,LFT,electrolyte or platelets levels. He should consider a kidney transplantation at the earliest. If you ve any doubts,you may send his reports,as a direct question to me. Dr.Matthew J. Mangat.