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Why Does The Kidney Function Dropped Down?
I am trying to determine why my kidney function dropped to 45% from 49%, apparently in 3 months time. Also would like to know why, with intensive testing foir health problems over a two-year period, my function dropped to under 50% without it being noticed. Also trying to understand if this is normal with aging (I am 83), or if it signifies a more serious, possibly fatal, condition. I do not have the results of the blood testing that revealed the problem, but I can probably get them.
Mon, 24 Aug 2015
Hello and welcome to HCM.
As an Urologist, let me advise you that, as age advances, GFR,(kidney function), slows down a bit. It can be checked also by blood creatinine.
But, it doesn't drop to 50%.
Kindly get your blood urea, creatinine, sugar,and an ultrasound scan of the abdomen, and you're welcome to send a copy of all the reports here, in my name, for an expert opinion. There's nothing fatal in the reports you've sent.
Dr.Matthew J. Mangat.
As an Urologist, let me advise you that, as age advances, GFR,(kidney function), slows down a bit. It can be checked also by blood creatinine.
But, it doesn't drop to 50%.
Kindly get your blood urea, creatinine, sugar,and an ultrasound scan of the abdomen, and you're welcome to send a copy of all the reports here, in my name, for an expert opinion. There's nothing fatal in the reports you've sent.
Dr.Matthew J. Mangat.
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