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… Certain natural health products. Chronic Kidney Disease Getting Enough Potassium Kidney Disease: Changing …
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… activities without medicine or other treatment. Acute and chronic pain Pain may last for a short time or a long time. … problems. These problems include cancer, inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, pelvic pain, and stomach … rash. Heartburn. Liver damage (with high doses). Stomach or kidney problems (with long-term use). Side effects of …
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… environment. Decreased alertness may also mean that a chronic illness has gotten worse. What causes confusion or … attack (TIA) or a stroke. A seizure disorder (epilepsy). A disease, such as a brain tumour or problems from diabetes. … , or altitude sickness. Metabolism problems from liver or kidney failure. Mental health problems, such as depression …
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… Why It Is Done Peritoneal dialysis replaces the work of the kidneys after complications of kidney failure develop. How … fully replace normal kidney function. It does not reverse chronic kidney disease or kidney failure. PD only provides up to 10% of …
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… cancer, metastatic or recurrent Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and cancer risk Finding support Cancer … pain Radiation therapy for cancer pain Pancreatic, liver & kidney cancer Hepatitis B and C: Risk of liver cancer Kidney (renal cell) cancer Pancreatic cancer Prostate cancer …
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… weaken your immune system , making it harder to fight off disease. If you already have a health problem, stress may … These kinds of short-term stress are normal. Long-term (chronic) stress is caused by stressful situations or events … problems at work or conflicts in your family. Over time, chronic stress can lead to severe health problems. Personal …
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… is surgery to take out part or all of the kidney. There are three kinds of nephrectomy: Radical nephrectomy. The surgeon removes the entire kidney, the layer of fat around the kidney, the tube … The surgeon removes only the part of the kidney that is diseased, which allows the remaining part of the kidney to …
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… For example, your risk is higher if you: Have chronic (ongoing) high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease, certain autoimmune diseases, or diabetes. Had high …
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… But poor nutrition makes it harder for your body to battle chronic illness. To make sure that you have a healthful, … may make you less vulnerable to conditions—especially heart disease—that are linked with lupus and the steroid treatment … treat lupus, you are at risk for osteoporosis . If you have kidney disease, follow your doctor's or registered …
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… pneumonia and repeated episodes of severe bronchitis. Chronic bronchitis keeps coming back and can last a long time, especially in people who smoke. Chronic bronchitis means that you have a cough with mucus … needed for babies, older adults, and people who have lung disease (such as asthma or COPD ) or other health problems. …