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How could eGFR numbers go up if you have chronic kidney disease?

Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Dec 1, 2023 | Replies (37)
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@windyshores

I had a big drop in GFR but mine was from 55 to 36, in a few months. Kidney doc has said it could be from low blood pressure, but my bp is not always low. Then doc said could be from muscle wasting but tests show that is not the cause either.

You might want to request a Cystatin C because that is more reliable and mine actually is fine at 54 (relatively speaking), even with a creatinine based GFR of 41.

I no longer take any NSAID's, just tylenol, try to hydrate, and eat salty foods for bp. They also tell me to push protein in my diet, the opposite of what you might think.

Hope you get an anwer. I am just accepting it at this point.

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yvonne55 | @yvonne55 | Sep 23, 2023

Hello and thank you. My doctor figured I was "just dehydrated " but I'm sure it wasnt that. I did have muscle wasting from healing from my pneumonia as I also went septic and the pneumonia was severe. I was on life support/intubated. At one point my gfr was 18 . A few days later was at 30. And obviously got better. I had high bp before the pneumonia and was on meds. After the pneumonia my bp averaged 108/65.
And my resting heart rate which was normally 80 is now 50. Halter monitor reading said things are fine as did the echo. Now I'm able to work, so my wasted muscles are now being put to work.
I never took Advil at anytime and my creatinine is 97.
My urine stream is also like I'm peeing thru a thin straw. I'm pretty scared. My lungs already took a beating.

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