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Skin sensitivity

Hi thereMy GFR has fallen to about 14 now , this happened over the last 6 months I have IGA nephropathy Over the last 2 months my skin has become very...

Hi thereMy GFR has fallen to about 14 now , this happened over the last 6 months...

Kiwikidney

•11 months ago

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Mindfulness and Kidney Disease

Dealing with a chronic illness like kidney disease or kidney failure can take a toll on a person’s mental health. Gary Petingola, a social worker certified to...

Dealing with a chronic illness like kidney disease or kidney failure can take a ...

JackieJ_NKF

Partner•11 months ago

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Egfr levels

What is the lowest egfr that anyone has experienced a relative surviving with no treatment?

What is the lowest egfr that anyone has experienced a relative surviving with no...

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•11 months ago

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Results in

Hi again, I know have results that I can share from recent blood test. Any advice would be great. Sodium 142 normal range Potassium 4.2 normal range....

Hi again, I know have results that I can share from recent blood test. Any advic...

Calm2

•11 months ago

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This is what PCP’s should be following in the US

https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/47/Supplement_1/S219/153938/11-Chronic-Kidney-Disease-and-Risk-Management

https://diabetesjournals.org/care/article/47/Supplement_1/S219/153938/11-Chronic...

Badger2024

•11 months ago

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Help and advice

Hi everyone, need some advice and reassurance if possible after being told I have CKD. A new GP took over at my surgery and as he was about to prescribe me...

Hi everyone, need some advice and reassurance if possible after being told I hav...

Calm2

•11 months ago

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EGGS, I think I’m shopping for an answer

I think I’m just shopping for a yes, but need to know. Went plant based in 1/1/24. I’m ckd3b. I have bad osteoporosis but not crippling. A casualty of...

I think I’m just shopping for a yes, but need to know. Went plant based in 1/1/2...

Genlady06

•11 months ago

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Painkiller for after Dental Procedure

So next week I’m going to my dental surgery to get three tooth implants. The first session is when they drill metal rods into the bone. Once the local...

So next week I’m going to my dental surgery to get three tooth implants. The fi...

Badger2024

•11 months ago

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question

i am currently in the hospital until probably tuesday due to fluid around the heart and a chf flare up.they said my b12was very low and gave me a shot for...

i am currently in the hospital until probably tuesday due to fluid around the h...

S_dillow

•11 months ago

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Conservative treatment

Hi I’ve just been told that my dad who is 93 can’t have dialysis because of a lot of other health problems. His egfr is 6. His treatment will just be...

Hi I’ve just been told that my dad who is 93 can’t have dialysis because of a ...

Hidden

•11 months ago

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Contradicting Dietary Advice

I have a dilemma, I have heart failure and am at increased risk of cardiac arrest because I have had one already. I also have stage 3 chronic kidney disease +...

I have a dilemma, I have heart failure and am at increased risk of cardiac arre...

GosportNancy29

•11 months ago

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Two Years Post -Transplant

Hi Everybody, Two years ago today, a selfless person anonymously donated a healthy kidney to anyone needing such a blessing. Somehow, that kidney ended up...

Hi Everybody, Two years ago today, a selfless person anonymously donated a healt...

MartyVA

•11 months ago

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gfr 6

with a gfr of 6 what is the life expectancy if you don’t want dialysis

Hidden

•11 months ago

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Yes, definitely

Losing weight using a healthy diet (no Rx) and exercise can definitely improve kidney function. Btw, most people with ckd die from a heart condition before...

Losing weight using a healthy diet (no Rx) and exercise can definitely improve k...

PensacolaSharon

•11 months ago

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Don't panic

Don't panic. Read books. Start with Learn the Facts about Kidney Disease by Steven Rosansky, MD. He thoroughly covers it in all stages. Although you need to...

Don't panic. Read books. Start with Learn the Facts about Kidney Disease by Stev...

PensacolaSharon

•11 months ago

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My experience

I was prescribed ozempic for diabetes. So was my sister-in-law. In 5 months, it resulted in 3 thyroid nodules. My -in-law remained on it 9 months and had to...

I was prescribed ozempic for diabetes. So was my sister-in-law. In 5 months, it ...

PensacolaSharon

•11 months ago

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CKD 2/low WBC count

Recent labs indicate low wbc. Feeling dizzy, lightheaded, more fatigued than usual, headache, palpitations, more insomnia. BP has fallen to 100/60, p 50-60's....

Recent labs indicate low wbc. Feeling dizzy, lightheaded, more fatigued than us...

Dana66CKD

•11 months ago

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Hi all. Just knew I have ckd stage 3.

I just got diagnosed with stage 3 ckd. gfr is 57. creatinine is 1.6. I'm 37, newly married. I don't know that to do now. I started crying and I cant share...

I just got diagnosed with stage 3 ckd. gfr is 57. creatinine is 1.6. I'm 37, ...

sri2705

•11 months ago

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Sequential compression for Edema

Hello all,I care for a man with stage 4 cancer and a GFR of 24. He has terrible edema in his legs and stomach. Has anyone had any success using a sequential...

Hello all,I care for a man with stage 4 cancer and a GFR of 24. He has terrible...

Jcase

•11 months ago

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Call out to Single Kidney-ers!

Id be interested in any of the issues about my mumwith others on here who have a single kidney. In particular, the uncontrollable albuminuria despite slightly...

Id be interested in any of the issues about my mumwith others on here who have a...

userotc

•11 months ago

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Sudden Onset of CKD

My mother was taken to Er on January 29 with pneumonia. Age 87 and not one for doctors. While admitted to hospital I learned that she was A-fib, has ckd, and...

My mother was taken to Er on January 29 with pneumonia. Age 87 and not one for d...

BluDragon

•11 months ago

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Kidney transplant

I had a kidney transplant nearly 3 years ago. I would like to treat my hair to a wash-in dye, the type that washes after about 6 weeks but I'm not sure this...

I had a kidney transplant nearly 3 years ago. I would like to treat my hair to ...

Runquik123

•11 months ago

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Can loosing weight and exercise improve Gfr and CDK?

Hello everyone ,as I have said before in this forum i have cdk stage 3 for unknown reasons till today.I only know i have glomerular blood but is better than...

Hello everyone ,as I have said before in this forum i have cdk stage 3 for unkno...

Nightwhisper

•11 months ago

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supplements

I have been reading, that you should not take many health supplements when you have kidney disease however, I’ve been taking melatonin for years. ( I haven’t...

I have been reading, that you should not take many health supplements when you...

Chilly59

•11 months ago

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urethral constriction

Had chemo and then cystectomy 10 years ago. Last few years, kidney stones then UTIs, until lithotripsy for the stones. But have urethral constriction, so...

Had chemo and then cystectomy 10 years ago. Last few years, kidney stones then ...

Phillip46

•11 months ago

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update to here we go agaiñ

got labs back yesterday and both egfr and serPl Q dropped..ser PlQ normally stays in the 150 x range but just barely made 134.anyione else run into...

got labs back yesterday and both egfr and serPl Q dropped..ser PlQ normally stay...

S_dillow

•11 months ago

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Advice?

Close family member has what I think is some stage of CKD; from my reading, likely CKD 3. They insist on alternative health care only. They are taking...

Close family member has what I think is some stage of CKD; from my reading, like...

BadderBoom

•11 months ago

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my recent cystoscopy

I was very worried about having this procedure done and it happened to be in the middle of a big storm. I still made it. There is no problem with my bladder....

I was very worried about having this procedure done and it happened to be in th...

Chilly59

•11 months ago

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Heart failure (HFpEF) and CKD with EGFR drop from 52 to 38 in 8 months - help!

Hi All, Just looking for some advice as the GP is not much help. My father has had CKD for a good few fews ago stage 3A since we found out 15 years ago....

Hi All, Just looking for some advice as the GP is not much help. My father has ...

diasy

•11 months ago

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Renadyl

Hello, I have been taking Renadyl for a little while now. I had been buying it at Amazon or Walmart. Suddenly it is not available on Amazon or at Walmart....

Hello, I have been taking Renadyl for a little while now. I had been buying i...

Yankees28

•11 months ago

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Posts - Kidney Disease | HealthUnlocked

Kidney Disease

All posts for February 2024

Skin sensitivity

Mindfulness and Kidney Disease

Egfr levels

Results in

This is what PCP’s should be following in the US

Help and advice

EGGS, I think I’m shopping for an answer

Painkiller for after Dental Procedure

question

Conservative treatment

Contradicting Dietary Advice

Two Years Post -Transplant

gfr 6

Yes, definitely

Don't panic

My experience

CKD 2/low WBC count

Hi all. Just knew I have ckd stage 3.

Sequential compression for Edema

Call out to Single Kidney-ers!

Sudden Onset of CKD

Kidney transplant

Can loosing weight and exercise improve Gfr and CDK?

supplements

urethral constriction

update to here we go agaiñ

Advice?

my recent cystoscopy

Heart failure (HFpEF) and CKD with EGFR drop from 52 to 38 in 8 months - help!

Renadyl

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