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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. 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.

  5. Kidney failure - Wikipedia

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    Renal failure, end-stage renal disease (ESRD), stage 5 chronic kidney disease [1] 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]

  6. Rhabdomyolysis - Wikipedia

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    Hemodialysis, which is normally done several times a week in chronic kidney disease, is often required on a daily basis in rhabdomyolysis. Its advantage over continuous hemofiltration is that one machine can be used multiple times a day, and that continuous administration of anticoagulant drugs is not necessary.

  7. Kidney dialysis - Wikipedia

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    Schematic of semipermeable membrane during hemodialysis, where blood is red, dialysing fluid is blue, and the membrane is yellow. Kidney dialysis (from Greek διάλυσις, dialysis, 'dissolution'; from διά, dia, 'through', and λύσις, lysis, 'loosening or splitting') is the process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer ...

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