Warning Signs Of A C. Difficile Infection

Kidney Failure

An individual affected by a C. difficile infection can lose a good amount of their blood volume because they are having between ten and fifteen episodes of diarrhea per day. The volume of the blood can become too low for the heart to compensate. When this happens, the blood cannot reach all parts of the body to provide the tissues with oxygen and other nutrients. The kidneys are one part of the body commonly affected by ischemia or lack of blood flow because of a hypovolemic state. This is a blood volume that is too low. The tissues of the kidney can become severely damaged and do not function properly when they do not receive enough oxygenated blood. When the kidneys are unable to filter the blood at an adequate rate or have lost at least half of their functionality, the individual is in kidney failure. Persistent and excessive diarrhea causes an individual with a C. difficile infection to develop sudden or acute kidney failure or injury. Depending on the extent of the kidney damage, it may be able to be reversed.

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