This side effect typically buddies with other side effects such as: shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, stomach cramps and muscle cramps. Bone disease is another effect that it has on your body. Damaged kidneys are usually not able to process vitamin D, which is crucial because it helps absorb calcium. In regards to that your bones may weaken. There are also long term risks that can be caused from dialysis. The most common long term risk is dialysis dementia which is a neurological syndrome that comes from the aluminum compounds that is found in the dialysis fluid. Seizures and speech problems are symptoms of dialysis dementia. There is also a positive effect of kidney dialysis on the body. When you are using dialysis it is replacing the function of your kidneys, which is also giving your kidneys a break and time to heal. "Dialysis can temporarily aid the kidneys while they repair themselves." (Krans, 2012) In the end your kidneys could function properly again, and you would no longer have to use dialysis. Unless you have chronic kidney failure, which in that case the kidneys rarely get better and you typically need to be on dialysis for the rest of your life or until you get a
This side effect typically buddies with other side effects such as: shortness of breath, nausea/vomiting, stomach cramps and muscle cramps. Bone disease is another effect that it has on your body. Damaged kidneys are usually not able to process vitamin D, which is crucial because it helps absorb calcium. In regards to that your bones may weaken. There are also long term risks that can be caused from dialysis. The most common long term risk is dialysis dementia which is a neurological syndrome that comes from the aluminum compounds that is found in the dialysis fluid. Seizures and speech problems are symptoms of dialysis dementia. There is also a positive effect of kidney dialysis on the body. When you are using dialysis it is replacing the function of your kidneys, which is also giving your kidneys a break and time to heal. "Dialysis can temporarily aid the kidneys while they repair themselves." (Krans, 2012) In the end your kidneys could function properly again, and you would no longer have to use dialysis. Unless you have chronic kidney failure, which in that case the kidneys rarely get better and you typically need to be on dialysis for the rest of your life or until you get a