Sexual difficulties are common on dialysis, have physical causes as often as psychological ones, and are treatable.
What to know
- Contributing factors include hormonal changes, anaemia, medication side effects, fatigue and depression.
- Many causes respond to treatment — this is a medical conversation, not only a private one.
- Ask about medication review; several common drugs contribute.
- Talk to your partner and, where helpful, to a counsellor. Trivita can arrange a confidential referral.
Talk to your care team
This topic is part of Nutrition & Lifestyle, one of ten modules in the Trivita Learning Hub. If anything here contradicts what your own nephrologist or dialysis nurse has told you, follow your care team — they know your prescription, your access and your history.
Trivita's dialysis nurses answer our care line 24 hours a day on 055 242 1070, including for people who are not yet our patients.
Education, not medical advice. This page explains home hemodialysis in general terms for patients and care partners in the UAE. It is reviewed by Trivita's Medical Director but cannot account for your individual circumstances. Never change a prescription, medication or technique based on this page alone.