Hi doctor, my creatinine clearance was 17.26ml/mins, my 24 hour urinary protein was 342 and the machine value was 21.6, but I have no symptoms of a kidney failure person, like blood in urine, swelling of feet and shortness of breathe. I want to know why and I wonder where I stand.
From what she said, we can feel that she is very surprised about the severity of her disease and confused why she did not present some symptoms of Renal Failure. Actually, many patients have the similar experience that no obvious symptoms attract their attention, but it has been at the late stages of Renal Failure when it is diagnosed.
Renal compensation
The kidneys in the body boast a great compensation. Even if we lost one kidney, we still can feel normally. Only when more than half function of kidney fails emerge the obvious symptoms. The common urine test includes creatinine, ptrotein and blood in urine. The patients usually never know about creatinine clearance test or GFR (glomeruli filtration rate). GFR is the best one reflecting the function of kidney and even more precise than the value of clearance creatinine test.
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