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Is Unconsciousness Caused Due To Trauma Or Kidney Disorder?

Hi. my sister has been diagnosed with Lopus and her kidneys appear to malfunction. She only excretes liquids. The level of Creatinine and urea in her blood are high and she has been unconscious (her doctors say with a degree of unconsciousness of 4 or 5) for the past 24 hours. In the meantime she has also experienced a trauma. My question is what are the chances she will get conscious and can we tell whether the unconsciousness is due to the trauma or the kidney disorder. Thanks. My email address is YYYY@YYYY or YYYY@YYYY
Sat, 7 Jun 2014
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Thanks for the query. Loss of consciousness can be because of kidney problem in lupus if it has reached last stage of end stage renal disease. This is called as uremic encephalopathy. Now, the other part of your question says she had trauma, in this regard we need to know the details of trauma. If its brain injury or injury with severe blood loss, it may cause unconsciousness. The recovery depends again on the extent of injury in trauma case and on dialysis in case of uremic encephalopathy.
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Is Unconsciousness Caused Due To Trauma Or Kidney Disorder?

Thanks for the query. Loss of consciousness can be because of kidney problem in lupus if it has reached last stage of end stage renal disease. This is called as uremic encephalopathy. Now, the other part of your question says she had trauma, in this regard we need to know the details of trauma. If its brain injury or injury with severe blood loss, it may cause unconsciousness. The recovery depends again on the extent of injury in trauma case and on dialysis in case of uremic encephalopathy. I hope i have made myself clear.