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GFR of 69

underinformed35

So I have been having a lot of kidney infections lately. Sometimes I have blood in my urine so they did a complete kidney test and GFR ca...

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born with 3 kidneys

snoogleface

Hi everyone. So I was born with 3 kidneys and when I was six years old one of them was removed because it was smaller and caused me p...

Could this be chronic kidney disease?

michael325

Hello, what is the probability of chronic kidney disease with mild penis pain, microscopic hematuria and more frequent urination during t...

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Why do the not calculate GFR for persons over 80?

glendot

When I get my lab reports, the GFR is not included. The labs says they do not calculate GFR for persons over 80. Why is this?

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How long before stage 3 turns into stage 5?

zisisge

If someone is diagnosed with stage 3 kidney disease egfr 58, how many years can they expect to have their kidney function before a transp...

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eGFR

nved

I am 30 years old male, and during a blood test my creatinine was 1.19mg/dl (eGFR 81) and my BUN 8,2mg/dl. The BUN was normal but the c...

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