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Does Kidney Failure Cause Nausea And Excessive Sleepiness?
My 56 year old son is on a liver transplant list. Recently he was hospitalized and IV diuretics to reduce his fluid overload. His kidney eGFR reduced from 31 to 22. Currently is nauseous and sleeping all of the time. Is this a symptom of kidney failure.
Fri, 23 Feb 2018
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Dear your sun is suffering from stage 4 kidney failure.
Causes for drowsyness may be due to excessive uric acid products accumulation may lead to CNS depression this condition called uremic encephalopathy.
Nausea may due to anemia or hyper uresemia or Hyperkalemia or hyponatremia or hypocalcemia or gastric ulcers or GERD etc...
He may need hemo dialysis dear please contact your treating doctor he will examine and treat him accordingly.
Take care
Thank you for trusting HCM
Dear your sun is suffering from stage 4 kidney failure.
Causes for drowsyness may be due to excessive uric acid products accumulation may lead to CNS depression this condition called uremic encephalopathy.
Nausea may due to anemia or hyper uresemia or Hyperkalemia or hyponatremia or hypocalcemia or gastric ulcers or GERD etc...
He may need hemo dialysis dear please contact your treating doctor he will examine and treat him accordingly.
Take care
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