Dialysis May Mask Your Kidneys’ Ability to Self-Recover

A clinical trial found that doing less may sometimes help the body heal itself after sudden kidney failure.

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For Liddy Lawson, living without dialysis once felt impossible. In 2020, at 36, she was undergoing chemotherapy for a rare leukemia when her heart stopped twice and her lungs filled with fluid.

“They put me in a medically sedated state and actually called my family to come say goodbye,” Lawson told The Epoch Times.