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  2. Cramp - Wikipedia

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    A lactic acid buildup around muscles can trigger cramps; however, they happen during anaerobic respiration when a person is exercising or engaging in an activity where the heartbeat rises. Medical conditions associated with leg cramps are cardiovascular disease, hemodialysis, cirrhosis, pregnancy, and lumbar canal stenosis.

  3. Hypokalemia - Wikipedia

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    Feeling tired, leg cramps, weakness, constipation, abnormal heart rhythm [1] Complications: Cardiac arrest [1] Causes: Diarrhea, medications like furosemide and steroids, dialysis, diabetes insipidus, hyperaldosteronism, hypomagnesemia, not enough intake in the diet [1] Diagnostic method: Blood potassium < 3.5 mmol/L [1] [2] Treatment

  4. Vitamin and mineral management for dialysis - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin C- Water-soluble vitamin that aids in keeping tissues healthy, wound healing, and infection prevention. [2] Vitamin D- Normally, the kidney changes vitamin D into its active form, vitamin D3, which helps with calcium absorption. Many dialysis patients have low intakes of calcium due to avoidance of foods containing phosphorus and potassium.

  5. Hemodialysis - Wikipedia

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    Hemodialysis, also spelled haemodialysis, or simply dialysis, is a process of filtering the blood of a person whose kidneys are not working normally. This type of dialysis achieves the extracorporeal removal of waste products such as creatinine and urea and free water from the blood when the kidneys are in a state of kidney failure.

  6. Kidney failure - Wikipedia

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    A hemodialysis machine which is used to replace the function of the kidneys: Specialty: Nephrology: Symptoms: Leg swelling, feeling tired, loss of appetite, confusion [2] Complications: Acute: Uremia, high blood potassium, volume overload [3] Chronic: Heart disease, high blood pressure, anemia [4] [5] Types: Acute kidney failure, chronic kidney ...

  7. Transfusion-associated circulatory overload - Wikipedia

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    The symptoms of TACO can include shortness of breath , low blood oxygen levels , leg swelling (peripheral edema), high blood pressure (hypertension), and a high heart rate (tachycardia). [ 3 ] It can occur due to a rapid transfusion of a large volume of blood but can also occur during a single red blood cell transfusion (about 15% of cases). [ 2 ]

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