Question about Kidney Disease (Please help)?Hello. I suffer from extreme fatigue and have for a while now. My doc is trying to figure out exactly why. A couple of months ago they did a test on my kidney's and it came back as urgent. My Creatinine level was high at 1.9, BUN was high at 46, GFR(Cauc) low at 33, and GFR(Black) low at 40. Not only that but my Chloride was high, and my Glucose was low. They sent me in immediately the next day for a redo and everything came back normal so they ignored it.
I have epilepsy and suffer from seizures frequently. Not only am I suffering from severe fatigue, but I have swelling under my eyes and around my fingers. My urine is very dark and foamy. I have pain in my left kidney. Because of the epilepsy I am always confused and disoriented.
I don't drink water and I know that is a primary concern. I had blood work drawn yesterday at another hospital to get a second opinion and I'm waiting on the results. My question is this: Will drinking a lot of water now affect or reverse anything that may be happening to my kidneys? Also, can your blood work come back as being normal when it's really not? Both of my seizure meds can cause kidney failure and I'm afraid that once again, it's not going to be caught in time. It took them 6 years to figure out that I had epilepsy because all my EEG's came back normal until it was too late.
Please help me. Thank you.
Posted by MartyJet
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Posted by Jamie Keating
The main thing that most doctors will use to see your kidney function is your creatinine, yours as you said is 1.9, which is certainly elevated, my was over 12 before they did my transplant but everybody's body is different. Most doctors will tell you not to challenge the kidneys when they are failing (if your's are), so drinking more water could cause more damage. My doctors have told me before that there is numerous things that can affect creatinine levels so it can change from day to day, also many doctors disagree as to what is high creatinine. I would defiantly suggest a second opinion. However, you do not need to stress in the meantime, you won't die from this there is both dialysis and transplants that can fix this, and if it is only your left kidney you can easily live off of 50% kidney function.
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