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How does kidney failure impact other organs?
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Complex: The kidneys maintain the ocean environment for us. Without them, everything goes off track: mental confusion, nausea, vomiting, shortness of breath, chest pain (pleuritis/pericarditis), arrhythmias, and fatigue.
Answered 8/31/2013
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