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Stage 3 chronic kidney disease (CKD): What specialists do I see?
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: May 19, 2022 | Replies (237)Comment receiving replies
@darlingtondoll, I am happy to meet you. I never had chronic kidney disease because my liver disease caused me to experience acute kidney failure. So my condition was swift and resulted in dialysis until transplant. I have jad my share of tests and monitoring for my transplanted kidney, and I have never had (to the best of my knowledge) the test you mentioned. Would you be comfortable to tell me about it?
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It’s kind of complicated. Just google it. It is a blood test and my nephrologist orders it along with a bunch of other kidney function tests every six months. When I get a regular blood test from my primary, my gfr looks normal. But the Cystatin C looks at other factors that reveal what stage of kidney failure that I am in.