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Told I had kidney disease at stage 3
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I am 68 years old and was recently diagnosed with Stage 3B, because my eGFR is 36. It was 44 in January. I'm now going to a nephrologist. Not sure what the next steps are yet.
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@eaglewoman12 Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. My apologies for not responding earlier! I'm glad you will be seeing a nephrologist soon.
As you may have read going through these discussions, we want to find the reason for drops in kidney function. That can range from diabetes or high blood pressure issues [the two leading causes of kidney disease], medication side effects, other diseases you are dealing with, a recent infection, even a different lab handling the different blood samples, etc.
How soon will you see this nephrologist?
Ginger