Kidney Dialysis Overview

Living Day to Day with Kidney Dialysis

In this article

• Dialysis Under Scrutiny
• How Dialysis Works
• Dialysis in the Future
• Take Care of Your Kidneys

Take Care of Your Kidneys continued...

Common household chemicals can also hurt your kidneys. Chemical solvents, wood alcohol, toluene, carbon tetrachloride (a cleaning fluid), and ethylene glycol (antifreeze) can damage kidneys if ingested or inhaled. Be very careful handling any chemical and use it according to directions.

-- R.D.W.

Rebecca D. Williams is a writer in Oak Ridge, Tenn.