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Cramping of the muscles while undergoing dialysis is one of the most frequent complaints of dialysis patients. It occurs in up to 20% of dialysis sessions.
Risk factors for cramping includes high weight gain in between dialysis sessions.
Having low serum calcium or derangement of sodium and potassium.
Intradialytic hypotension may also present with cramping of the [...]
Large Kidneys What Do They Mean?
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Published: October 16, 2009
Large Kidneys What Do They Mean? | Usually kidney disease is associated with small kidneys. The process that shrinks the kidney is scarring otherwise known as fibrosis which is the end point of any damage to the kidney. However from time to time a disease process will come along that causes enlargement of the kidney as it proceeds to damage the kidney. [...]
