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GFR of 4 can it be wrong?

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ste30097
ste30097

My friend has been given a GFR of 4 and has been put on dialysis within 2 days without any other test. He is perfectly healthy, feels fine in himself is peeing normal, isn’t fatigued... it seems something is amiss with the results. Everything I have read says he should be feeling horrible and he’s totally fine. He has been take a lot of creatine for the gym like 25g a day. He told the doctor this but they said it wouldn’t make a difference to the GFR, but I thought this was measured on the creatinine level which is the waste product of creatine? I'm obviously not a doctor but i feel something is wrong with his diagnosis. Does anyone have any advice for me or had a false GFR reading.

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  • tony78174
    tony78174 ste30097

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    to much protein and High Blood Pressure, are very damaging for a compromised kidney..., hopefully your friends function  can increase, through low protein diet and other interventions.
  • james83303
    james83303 ste30097

    Posted

    I'd get a second even third opinion if I was tou
    • ste30097
      ste30097 james83303

      Posted

      Hes been booked in for a biopsy so that will give a 100% accurate outcome instead of egfr test to make sure it is as bad as they think
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