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Very worried; mother’s blood showed elevated urea/creatine

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jennifer44548
jennifer44548

my mom, 72 years old, got bloodwork back and her urea and creatine numbers were high 1.48 creatine and 48 urea blood also showed mild anemia and mild dehydration she never had abnormal numbers before last blood work was in october and was normal she also lost about 6ilbs unintentionslly and her blood pressure was normal but lower than usual

so of course i googled and now very upset that she either has cancer or kidney disease ive been crying all day long

we are getting an ultrasound of kidneys next week and redoing the blood work

can this NOT be serious??? i have a bad feeling

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    Hi

    Fingers crossed its just the dehydration, your mums EGFR (kidney function) works out to around 36 if black female and about 30 if white female, so not too bad for age.

    Dehydration can do this to the renal function. Make sure she drinks plenty!

    Good luck and hopefully nothing to worry about. x

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