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Intrinsic Kidney Problem-What does Intrinsic Mean?
Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Oct 25 4:52pm | Replies (10)Comment receiving replies
@sultanvr You have had some great responses here from fellow members! I had a response almost completed last night, then my phone hiccuped and it was lost. Dang it.
Basically, there is extrinsic [outside based] and intrinsic [internal based] descriptions of kidney concerns. Extrinsic could be from diet, dehydration, medicine interactions, comorbidities like diabetes or heart concerns. Intrinsic generally refers to internal causes like sepsis, PKD, disorders of the kidney itself. Here is a link to Oxford Academic where this is explained in depth: https://academic.oup.com/toxsci/article/164/2/379/5043549
Following a good renal diet of monitoring sodium, calcium, sugars, red meat, potassium, and phosphorous, plus keeping good hydration, can go a long way to helping the kidneys stay functioning as well as they can. While some medications by themselves may not be an issue, when used in combination with others there might be a negative interaction. Having a trusted pharmacist as part of your medical team could help you figure out if there is a combination of things that are contributing to kidney concerns.
Ginger
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Thank you very much. This was very helpful.
My spouse had his appointment with the Nephrologist and she shared that our Primary Physician was wrong in that it was Intrinsic that it was Extrinsic, most likely due to Diabetes and High Blood pressure...and possibly some damage by meds/dehydration not being monitored. She was throwing a few different meds at us but was very reasonable listening to our concerns. We are on a "try this, delete that med" trial basis now for the next couple of months. I appreciate your advice about have a trusted pharmacist as part of our medical team. I'm going to be looking into that and looking into a different Primary Care Provider as well. I'm not trusting the one we have, based off of what we are learning.
Thank you again.