What Labs to Order for Kidney Health?

[Jonjon]

Getting some bloods done this week. What are some good tests to order to check kidney health for guys like us?

 

[eazy]

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[CJ]

Your basic CMP will have several tests that can indicate the need for further testing; Creatinine, BUN, eGFR, sodium and potassium, etc...

Maybe @BRICKS can help out here.

 

[BRICKS]

Your basic CMP will have several tests that can indicate the need for further testing; Creatinine, BUN, eGFR, sodium and potassium, etc...

Maybe @BRICKS can help out here.

CMP, urine tests like a UACR, an actual measured GFR (mGFR) vs. the GFR in a metabolic panel which is a calculated GFR. Imaging (utrasound). There's probably more, but as CJ said, your CMP will indicate the need for further testing and should suffice. There are a lot of things that can skew bloodwork. High protein diet will elevate BUN, supplementing with creatine will elevate your serum creatinine and that's reflected in a lower GFR. Certain meds like diuretics will affect results. My BUN is always elevated some from diet, and my GFR always come back <60 (renal failure) ever since I started on HCTZ for BP. Nothing to worry about.

 

[Jonjon]

Thanks guys very helpful

 

[snake]

My BUN is always elevated some from diet, and my GFR always come back <60 (renal failure) ever since I started on HCTZ for BP. Nothing to worry about.

My creatinine always comes back at 1.45 - 1.60 so I have been in renal failure for at least the last 30 years. lol

What's important is the movement of the number and not so much the number itself.

 

[Jonjon]

Got my CMP back, everything was in range except Urea Nitrogen (Bun) which was 31 with a 7-25 normal range, and Bun/Creatnine ratio which was 26 with 6-22 reference range.

I also have noticed my triglycerides have climbed over the past 4 years. Was usually in the 60s, but now is getting very close to top of reference range, which is 150. This has been consistent over my last few labs.

Anything you guys would worry about?