What Happens If a Person With Renal Failure Doesn Do Dialysis?
Understanding what the kidneys do for the body and how dialysis mimics the kidneys function shows how important dialysis is. If a person with renal failure doesn’t do dialysis the following will happen. To begin with, the individual will most likely start to feel nauseous and experience vomiting. Consider what happens when we get food poisoning. We usually get sick, vomit, and have diarrhea. This is because the body is responding to the toxins that have entered out system and is trying to dispose of them. Although the situation with renal failure is not the same as food poisoning, the person’s body, since it cannot dispose of wastes in the natural way, will respond by vomiting and perhaps diarrhea in an attempt to get rid of the buildup of waste. Most people will not be able to eat much if at all, since they will become ill after eating. If a person with renal failure doesn’t do dialysis, vomiting and diarrhea will not get rid of all the wastes that are accumulating in their system, be
