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Worrying egfr level

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Katherine3650

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Type of diabetes
Type 2
Treatment type
Tablets (oral)
I've just looked at my annual diabetic review blood test results online and my egfr has dropped from 71 (last July and September) to 57. Creatinine is 92, in abnormal range.
Of course I am worried. I had a kidney scan in the autumn because I had trouble controlling my blood pressure and all was OK, except one of my kidneys was slightly swollen as though it wasn't releasing urine, but the sonographer and my GP said it was nothing to worry about.
Dr Google (I know I shouldn't!) equates egfr 57 as CKD stage 3a.
What can have made it drop by 14 since last September?
 
Taking pain relief tablets can really mess with kidney function. My GFR was 59 and I have raised it by eating a very low carb diet. When I had surgery and needed pain meds it dropped again! But it did rebound. I rarely take pain meds now because of that.
 
Thanks for replying Bcgirl. That's interesting about the pain meds. I don't take any regularly but if I do it's just a couple of paracetamol for an occasional headache/cold.
Doing some digging and looking at past blood test results, I suspect that PPIs might have something to do with it. I've been taking a high dose for the last couple of months and a maintenance dose for ages and this has coincided with drops in gfr. Something to ask the Dr about.
 
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