“I don't understand what my results mean on my annual blood test for yearly physical.”
what possible serious problems can be indicated by an abnormally low EST. GFR test result, for a 58 year old male with long history of smoking, alcohol abuse and years of large dose use of NSAIs like ibuprofin? And does the ordering doctor usually explain the meanings and potential health issues of those test results or is the patient expected to know already?
Male | 58 years old
2 Answers
Your ordering physician should explain these results to you. A low GFR can indicate kidney disease, whether a new one, or an old one. At certain point, you might need to be seen by a kidney specialist. Blood pressure, diabetes, use of NSAIDs, alcohol abuse, smoking, are all not good for the kidneys.
You should return to the doctor who ordered the tests for an explanation
of what prompted that doctor to order those labs.
of what prompted that doctor to order those labs.
