I've got a strange question!!!

[KICKSTART]

Has anyone noticed since they started dialysis that if they have 'vinegar' on anything it makes them sweat ? Or is it just me , it now makes me sweat buckets if i have it !!!

[donnia]

I do not sweat very often, but no, I have not noticed this.

[Laurie]

It happens to me if I eat pickles. I don't sweat, but I do get very hot.

[thegrammalady]

just face it kick start luv, you are just plain weird. (you know we love you)

[Deanne]

When I start dialysis, I'm gonna eat lots of pickles! Maybe I'll finally feel warm! (just kidding, I know about sodium)

[oswald]

i was told a long time ago that if you sweat alot it's because your body is trying to take place of your kidneys by ridding your body of fluid.   

[KICKSTART]

i was told a long time ago that if you sweat alot it's because your body is trying to take place of your kidneys by ridding your body of fluid.   

I dont naturally sweat a lot though , just when i've had vinegar on something !

[KT0930]

just face it kick start luv, you are just plain weird. (you know we love you)

I'll have to agree with gramma!

[Bajanne]

I am not aware of it, but I will definitely check it out.  This renal situation causes some weird reactions.  Did you guys read the thread entitled 'Pica' where it seems that you begin to like all kinds of strange smells? http://ihatedialysis.com/forum/index.php?topic=320.0

[stauffenberg]

Perspiring requires an intact nervous system to occur, so the fact that your body is still trying to clear toxins by excess perspiration is a good sign that your nerves are still functioning well.  The skin has been called a 'third kidney' because it can filter toxins out of the blood similarly to the way the kidneys do, although much less efficiently.  In the days before dialysis, patients in endstage renal failure used to die covered with what was called 'uremic frost,' which was the residue of blood toxins which had been deposited on the skin by perspiration in the body's last, desperate effort to compensate for the lack of renal function.

The longer you remain on dialysis, the more damage will occur to the nervous system, and the less perspiring you will be able to do.  By the end of almost 9 years on dialysis, I found that I had completely lost the ability to perspire, even in very hot weather.

Pica is another topic, but it refers to an abnormal hunger and interest in smells which occurs when people are deprived of essential nutrients, either because of deficient nutrition or because dialysis is leaching important substances out of their body.  I had pica for the last 3 years I was on dialysis, and had a craving to eat shoe polish and moth balls, which fortunately I managed to resist.  As soon as I received a transplant, the cravings vanished.

[KICKSTART]

Stauffenberg...I just love it when you come by with a logical and sensible explanation of everything , you are a mine of useful information , where do you find it all ? 

[thegrammalady]

Pica is an appetite for non-nutritive substances (e.g., coal, soil, chalk, paper etc.) or an abnormal appetite for some things that may be considered foods, such as food ingredients (e.g., flour, raw potato, starch). In order for these actions to be considered pica, they must persist for more than one month, at an age where eating such objects is considered developmentally inappropriate. The condition's name comes from the Latin word for the magpie, a bird which is reputed to eat almost anything. Pica is seen in all ages, particularly in pregnant women and small children, especially among children who are developmentally disabled, where it is the most common eating disorder.

[KICKSTART]

He he i havent started eating soap or coal yet !!!!

[oswald]

try sand,  thats what i had a hankering for.  hmmmmmmm saaaand.    <--- sand   

[jbeany]

Perspiring requires an intact nervous system to occur, so the fact that your body is still trying to clear toxins by excess perspiration is a good sign that your nerves are still functioning well.  The skin has been called a 'third kidney' because it can filter toxins out of the blood similarly to the way the kidneys do, although much less efficiently.  In the days before dialysis, patients in endstage renal failure used to die covered with what was called 'uremic frost,' which was the residue of blood toxins which had been deposited on the skin by perspiration in the body's last, desperate effort to compensate for the lack of renal function.

The longer you remain on dialysis, the more damage will occur to the nervous system, and the less perspiring you will be able to do.  By the end of almost 9 years on dialysis, I found that I had completely lost the ability to perspire, even in very hot weather.

Pica is another topic, but it refers to an abnormal hunger and interest in smells which occurs when people are deprived of essential nutrients, either because of deficient nutrition or because dialysis is leaching important substances out of their body.  I had pica for the last 3 years I was on dialysis, and had a craving to eat shoe polish and moth balls, which fortunately I managed to resist.  As soon as I received a transplant, the cravings vanished.

Stauffenburg, did the ability to sweat come back with the transplant as well?

[KT0930]

Did anyone else get asked that by the dietitian when they started dialysis? Mine had this long list of questions, and one of them was something to the effect of "Do you crave or eat any non-food items?" and then they go on to name several such as sand, gasoline, etc. Mine said she has actually had people say yes to each of them on her list.

[Chicken Little]

I don't sweat Kickstart, but I have noticed I have a hard time tolerating vinegar dressings now.   It's the never ending salad that I get to taste for days.  Yuck.   I have no problem giving up salad though.