Kidney Disease Symptoms: The human body contains two kidneys, each of which process waste before it is sent to the
bladder as urine. When a kidney "fails" it becomes unable to properly process this waste. Kidney failure is also referred to as "renal failure." Depending on the severity of the failure, a patient may have to undergo
dialysis, a procedure that takes the
blood out of the body and sends it into a dialysis machine. The machine, in lieu of the kidney, filters the waste products from the blood. Severe cases of renal failure may require a kidney transplant.
The popular cholesterol lowering drug
Baycol is one kidney failure cause. Symptoms of Baycol use may include
rhabdomyolysis, a potentially fatal condition which causes
muscle pain and kidney failure in severe cases. Baycol was removed from the market on August 8, 2001.
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