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A quick search suggests kidney and liver problems are related and liver damage tends to precede kidney damage. Maybe someone more invested in this question wil
by DoreenMichele 3y ago
A quick search suggests kidney and liver problems are related and liver damage tends to precede kidney damage.
Maybe someone more invested in this question will go down a rabbit hole and share. I was just doing a gut check of my knee jerk reaction of "But what I know of the human body...."
- ethbr1 3y agoThey're both complicated enough systems that there can be independent or causal (either way) disease progression. Something like hepatorenal syndrome [0] would be a liver to kidney collapse, but that's more to do with blood supply. [0] https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23399-hepatorenal-syndrome https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/23399-hepator...
- DoreenMichele 3y agoSearch for "does dehydration negatively impact bloodsupply" Gets me: Yes (in big bold lettering) followed by a statement that it increases sodium and thickens the blood, interfering with circulation, which my cheap phone is refusing to let me copy-paste.
- ethbr1 3y agoPlease take this the way it's intended: nurses and doctors study blood and internal organs for years, and diagnosis is still challenging. This is complex stuff.