What test can be done for kidney failure?
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Treatment for kidney failure varies, depending on whether the problem is acute, chronic or end-stage.\n\nAcute kidney failure\nAlthough not every person with acute kidney failure can regain normal kidney function, in many cases acute kidney failure is reversible.\n\nIn all cases, the first goal is to treat the illness or injury that originally damaged your kidneys. Once that's under control, the focus will be on preventing the accumulation of excess fluids and wastes in your blood while your kidneys heal. This is best accomplished by limiting your fluid intake and following a high-carbohydrate, low-protein, low-potassium diet.\n\nYour doctor may prescribe calcium, glucose or sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) to prevent the accumulation of high levels of potassium in your blood. You may also need to undergo dialysis to help remove toxins and excess fluids from your body while your kidneys are healing.\n\nChronic kidney failure\nChronic kidney failure has no cure, but treatment can help control symptoms, reduce complications and slow the progress of the disease.\n\nThe first priority is controlling the condition responsible for your kidney failure and its complications. If you have diabetes or high blood pressure (hypertension), for instance, that means carefully following your doctor's recommendations for diet and exercise and taking any medications as directed.\n\nIn addition, following a proper diet is extremely important in treating kidney failure itself. Restricting the amount of protein you eat may help slow the progress of the disease. It can also help ease such symptoms as nausea, vomiting and lack of appetite. You'll likely need to limit the amount of salt in your diet to help control high blood pressure. Over time, you may also need to restrict the amount of potassium and phosphorous you consume.\n\nIf you have high blood pressure, your doctor will prescribe medications that both lower your blood pressure and help preserve kidney function. These include the blood pressure-lowering medications known as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II (A-II) receptor blockers.\n\nYour doctor may also prescribe medications to help deal with complications.\n\nEnd-stage renal disease\nBy the time end-stage renal disease develops, the conservative measures used to treat chronic kidney failure — diet, medications and controlling the underlying cause and complications — are no longer enough. The kidneys aren't able to support life on their own, and dialysis or a kidney transplant becomes the only option.\n\nThe exact point at which this is needed varies from person to person. In most cases, doctors try to manage chronic kidney failure as long as possible because both dialysis and transplantation are serious undertakings that can be life threatening. Eventually, however, a time may come when their benefits outweigh their risks.\n\nDialysis is an artificial means of removing waste products and extra fluid from your blood when your kidneys aren't able to do this on their own. It's not a miracle cure, and it presents significant risks, including infection. Still, it can help prolong life for people with end-stage renal disease.\n\nThere are several different types of kidney dialysis. They include:\n\nHemodialysis. The most common form of dialysis is known as hemodialysis. It removes extra fluids, chemicals and wastes from your bloodstream by filtering your blood through an artificial kidney (dialyzer). Blood is pumped out of your body to the artificial kidney through a vascular access that's created surgically, usually in your arm or leg. Inside the artificial kidney, your blood moves across membranes that filter out wastes. Less than 1 cup of blood is outside your body at any one time. Most people require approximately 12 hours of dialysis each week, usually divided into three sessions. \nPeritoneal dialysis. Instead of filtering your blood through a machine, this type of d
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The question is not what diet but what medications should he be on and how should the kidney function be measured.  Kidney function declines about 1% per year in healthy people.  Microscopic amounts of albumin in the urine precede elevations in creatinine.  Meds called ACE inhibitors and ARBs improve kidney function and slow further decline.  Both diabetes and hypertension predispose to kidney failure and the combination increases this risk.
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By blood type, tissue type, and antibodies present.  Testing will be done on the organ to make sure it viable.
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This question is really too general to answer completely.  \nBecause there are many types of kidney diseases, there are many kinds of symptoms that people can experience.  You should go to www.kidney.org (the national kidney foundation website) and take a look at the patient information.\n\nTo address a previous comment, urine output is often confused with kidney function.  The amount of urine made does not tell you about your level of kidney function or whether your kidneys are sick.  Please remember that depending on the cause of kidney disease/failure (chronic or acute), a person could experience low, normal or high amounts of urine output.  The way kidney function is tested is by using laboratory values--the most common value used is called the serum (blood) creatinine level.\n\nThe laundry lists of signs and symptoms that are usually given for kidney failure are LATE symptoms of kidney failure. These generally occur when a person is at a point where their kidneys have failed completely and they require dialysis treatments. Most people with early/moderate kidney failure have NO symptoms at all.  \n\nSo, the most common symptoms of kidney disease are no symptoms at all.  Kidney disease is usually a SILENT disease that is more often then not picked up by checking routine laboratory tests. It is not ususally picked up by symptoms.   Catching kidney disease early is the best way to prevent further kidney damage.   \n\nThe best advice is to check with your doctor and make sure they have checked your level of kidney function. It is important to note that certain diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease are major causes of kidney disease.  If you have these and other predisposing diseases, you need to make sure your doctor checks for kidney problems on a regular basis.  If there is a kidney problem, you may need to be referred to a specialist (nephrologist).
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lack of water and other fluids to clean your kidneys
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I am looking for similar test answers but for the BONENT TEST which is for dialysis technicians.  If you receive any info..do you mind posting it?  Thanks in advance.\nRobert
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Not according to the site below from which the quote below comes.\n\n\n"This is not an easy condition to treat, and sometimes doctors rely on treatment of the blood pressure and cholesterol. However, in some cases a course of steroids (prednisolone) produces a marked benefit, especially if there is heavy protein loss in the urine. If steroids fail, more powerful drugs that affect the immune system may be effective. Doctors have used a drug called cyclosporin in some cases. This is normally used to prevent the rejection of kidney transplants.\n\nBoth steroids and cyclosporin may have side effects, so it is important to discuss the relative risks and benefits of any treatment with your doctor before starting such drugs. However, it may be worth a trial of such treatment if there is a chance of preventing the need for dialysis treatment."
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you will have kidney problems
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Creatinine levels reflect the function of the kidneys. The kidneys filter it out of the blood and excrete it in urine.\n\nWhen you are getting a CT scan with intravenous contrast, the creatinine level becomes important. The IV contrast used may cause problems with the kidneys (ie. it may temporarily damage the kidneys). When your kidneys don't work, then your body cannot eliminate much of the waste metabolic products that it produces. \n\nThe creatinine level is checked first to see if you have evidence of kidney problems already, more specifically if the kidney is functioning well or not. An elevated creatinine level would reflect insufficient functioning of the kidney. \n\nIn this case, the risk of using IV contrast increases and the physician may cancel the test or perform the CT without the IV contrast.
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No. Through blood, urine, and hair folicle tests..
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Try here:\n\nhttp://www.kidneytransplant.org/patientguide/index.html
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Yeah you can.\n\nit runs in families, you could just get kidney function tests assuming that you are older than 18 yrs unless you have kidney problems now as a teenager.
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Have you already gone through the full kidney and colon cleansing processes?\n\n        Kidney cleanse is any procedure that involves drinking a huge amount of liquid, and taking care what you are eating. Just a better diet with more water can be enough! But, also any form of bowel cleansing will also help kidneys! The Master Cleanse Lemonade Diet  is also a Kidney cleanse, juice fasting is also a kidney cleanse, and any other form of fasting that incorporates a lot of liquids, will in the same time clean a kidney. Do you need special herbs? Only if you have acute lower back pain, clear symptom of Kidney stones (sharp glass like crystals, made of phosphoric acid, or sometimes may include other acids). In special occasions, you can get a kidney stone crystallized in less then a few days !!! To melt a stone/stones, you may need a few weeks, or one day with the Watermelon Cleanse.\n\n           Herbal Kidney Cleanse  Designed by Dr. Hulda Clark from her book "The Cure for All Disease", explains in detail how to cleanse the kidneys, and her cleansing program will get rid of most if not all the stones, WITHOUT surgery.\n        Ingredients:\n\n            1/2 cup dried Hydrangea root\n            1/2 cup Gravel root\n            1/2 cup Marshmallow root\n            4 bunches of fresh parsley\n            Goldenrod tincture (leave this out of the recipe if you are allergic to it)\n            Ginger Capsules\n            Uva Ursi capsules\n            Vegetable glycerine\n            Vitamin B6 250mg\n            Magnesium oxide 300mg or 1/4 cup Green Drink Beverage\n\n        Measure ¼ cup of each root and set them to soak, Together in 10 cups of cold tap water, using a non-metal container and a non-metal lid (a dinner plate will do).  After four hours (or over night),    bring liquid with soaked herbs to a boil and simmer for 20 minutes.  Drink a ¼ cup as soon as it is cool enough.  Pour the rest in through a bamboo or plastic strainer into a sterile pint jar (glass) and several freezable containers.  Refrigerate the glass jar.\n        Find fresh parsley at a grocery store that does not spray its produce (ask the owner). Boil the fresh parsley, after rinsing, in 1 quart of water for 3 minutes.  Strain out the liquid, then drink ¼ cup when cool enough.  Refrigerate a pint and freeze 1 pint.  Put the cooked parsley in your compost bucket.\n        Dose:  each morning, pour together ¾ cup of the root mixture and ½ cup parsley water, filling a large mug.  Add 20 drops of goldenrod tincture and 1 tbs. of glycerin.\n\n        Drink this mixture in divided doses throughout the day. Keep cold. Do not drink it all at once or you will get a stomach ache and feel pressure in the bladder. If your stomach is very sensitive, start on half this dose.\n\n        Save the roots after the first boiling, storing them in the freezer. After 13 days when your supply runs low, boil the same roots a second time, but add only 6 cups water and simmer only 10 minutes. This will last another 8 days, for a total of three weeks. You may cook the roots a third time if you wish, but the recipe gets less potent. If your problem is severe, only cook them twice.\n        After three weeks, repeat with fresh herbs. You need to do the kidney cleanse for six weeks to get good results, longer for severe problems.\n\n        Also take:\n\n            Ginger capsules: one with each meal (3/day).\n            Uva Ursi capsules: one with breakfast and two with supper\n            Vitamin B6 (250mg): one per day\n            Magnesium oxide (300mg): one a day\n\n        Take these supplements just before your meal to avoid burping.\n\n        Some notes on this recipe: this herbal tea, as well as the parsley, can easily spoil. Heat it to boiling every fourth day if it is being stored in the refrigerator; this resterilizes it. If you sterilize it in the morning you may take it to work without refrigerating it (use a glass container).\n\n        There are pro
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Hi Stacy,\n\nWell, the only way to tell for sure is to go to a doctor and let him or her run some laboratory tests. They will want to know your history--including what type of medication you've been taking, and why you believe you may have kidney damage. They will also ask whether you have any symptoms, such as painful urination or back pain.\n\nThey can do some simple blood and urine tests that should determine whether you have any problem with your kidneys.\n\nIf you have reason to believe you may have kidney damage, let me urge you to seek medical help quickly--your life may depend on your prompt action. Hopefully your tests will check out fine and you'll get a clean bill of health!\n\nBest wishes!
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Albumin: \nCertain drugs increase albumin in your blood, including anabolic steroids, androgens, growth hormones, and insulin. \nIf you are receiving large amounts of intravenous fluids, the results of this test may be inaccurate\nCreatinine:\nDrugs such as aminoglycosides (gentamicin) can cause kidney damage and so creatinine is monitored. Other drugs, such as cephalosprins (cefoxitin), may increase creatinine concentration without reflecting kidney damage. \n\nSo empty stomach doesnt matter.
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Having been a child of renal problems and a kidney transplant receiptant in my adult years, I would suggest that you contact the local chapter of the National Kidney Foundation in your area. They may be able to give you information about clinical trials and they may be able to get your son into a trial. \n\nYou can find your local office of the National Kidney Foundation by going to http://www.kidney.org/ and clicking on the Find local offices and events link in the upper right hand corner. I wish you and your son the best of luck.
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How bizarre - presumably this is your gp that has given you this rather poor information?\nWhat you need to do is have your blood taken and your creatinine level checked.  Your creatinine should be at around 100.  If it is higher than 150 then you will need a referral to see a nephrologist who can organise for a GFR test which will show the exact amount of kidney funciton you have.\nTo say that someone has the kidney of an 80 year old is a load of old rubbish. You need to know exactly what percentage of function you have. What has caused any decline in function and what you can expect.  \n\nIt might be helpful for you to know that many people can survive their whole lives very happily on just one kidney.  I spent most of my childhood and teenage years with only 30% kidney function and lived a pretty normal life. It's also worth knowing that often when a kidney is damaged then it's function will continue to decline slowly over the years.  Healthcare for kidney patients is much improved from the old days.  There is a choice of dialysis - haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis - but it might be that you'll never even need either of these treatments.\n\nIf your kidneys are failing then it's likely that you would feel noticeably tired and sleep more.  When there is very little function left then you would start to feel very sick.\n\nI'm not very impressed with what your doctor has said. He's given you a really inarticulate diagnosis and not provided you with any of the information you might need.\n\nCheck out these site for more information:-\n\nhttp://www.kidneypatientguide.org.uk/site/contents.php\nhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/crf1.shtml\nhttp://www.kidney.org.uk/index.html\n\nI hope you are ok.