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laurie75424
laurie75424

Bloodwork question

Posted 15 minutes ago

My egfr has been getting lower, from 74 to 68 now 64.

My Albumin/creatinine -normal is <2.0

Mine is 38.8?

My potassium is high

Normal- 3.5 to 5.2

Mine is 5.4.

My albumin urine is 93 mg/L

creatinine (urine) normal is 2.5 to 2.0

Mine is 2.4

Albumin/creatinine normal is - <2.0

Mine is 38.8

What does all this mean.

My Doctor will call with an appointment when she reads these but I'm curious on your thoughts. Should I be concerned. We have kidney disease/diabetes in my family history..

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  • sweetmelissa
    sweetmelissa laurie75424

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    It looks as though you have a mild dysfunction of your kidneys.  Can I ask how old you are?  If you are elderly, than it is actually normal for your kidneys to slowly lose normal function over time.  If you are younger, than I would have your doctor look into it more, although some doctors will not refer to a specialist until kidney function is pretty low, I would imagine it would be best to look for the cause now, rather than waiting for them to get worse. 
    • laurie75424
      laurie75424 sweetmelissa

      Posted

      Hi. Thanks for the reply. I'm 49.

      Maybe it's just the normal aging process then...

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