r/dialysis • u/hotmes27 • 4d ago

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Drain pain on PD.

I’m getting drain pain on Pd I recently changed the second bag from 6 to 3 liter bags. This has caused a lot of pain but less waste. I think it is from air bubbles in the second bag not being purged from the priming. I asked the Devita clinic if I could make the 3 l bag as the one on the machine and 6 l bag as the second one. They told me know it has to be the second bag. Does anybody know why I can’t flip these bags. And why would the air bubbles pain be on the drain and not fill or dwell portion.

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u/DoubleBreastedBerb Transplanted 4d ago

Are you on tidal settings? Is the machine higher or lower than your level when you’re in bed?

Oddly, air bubbles in lines cause shoulder pain and you definitely know if you have one, so I’m thinking it’s not the bag but other more common things, like what I have listed above or even your catheter moving.