![]() ![]() So how then do you check the function of that remaining kidney. But more typically a person with one kidney will not get "normal" results of creatinine and gfr. A sedentary person produces less creatinine (less muscle usage), a person who drinks an excess of water shows less creatinine, your own heredity is an influence. But remember the level of creatinine in your system is produced by a lot of factors. Yes there are people who still get "normal" results when tested. So now you can be a person with just one kidney, with a perfectly healthy kidney, and yet when you get your Creatinine levels checked, and therefore your gfr level created, the numbers are NOT in the normal range considering all publications. That one kidney may be functioning just as it always did or is expected considering the age of that person (as we get older our kidney function declines which is why there are different gfr "normal" levels based upon age). A person may have 100% function of that one kidney (either born with one kidney, or donated one kidney so only one remains, or only one remains because the other was removed for medical reasons). It needs to have a set of numbers for "normal" people, a set of numbers for people with one totally healthy kidney, and a third set for people with one kidney that is truly failing. This is what my oncologist tells me, who is so against the entire GFR classification because it does not distinguish why your numbers are what they are. You can be classified as CKD because of your numbers, but in fact the remaining kidney is NOT truly failing, it is just doing the best it can for the work it is given. But the point is, you are asking one kidney to do the work of two and it takes time for it to achieve its peek performance, and that performance won't usually fall within a normal range. For many their Creatinine does not increase as much, and may lay around 1.3 to 1.5. Many kidney doctors have published that your function for Creatinine could easily be in the 1.7 to 1.9 range (and thus your GFR Not within normal ranges), if one kidney is removed. If you have one kidney removed your GFR will easily not be in the normal range. Yes those numbers reflect the average range for a person with "normal" functioning kidneys, WITH TWO KIDNEYS, and just normal decline due to age. I'm also sorry that I have to give myself a break and come back to give you the numbers for the males. Lupus and I am going through a real tough time, hurts pretty bad to type, I know there are many mistakes and I'm sorry. ![]() Dang I wish I could share that site, the article is AWESOME!Īs some of you my know, I also have arthritis and I just picked some ages but on the site they do cover all of them. Included 869 males and females over the age of 65. 2072 females between the ages of 18-90 years of age. Anyway, this study was done on 1660 males between the ages of 18-90 years of age. Which means someone other than black? I think. Just keep that in mind because my lab reports give a gfr for Blacks and a different gfr for Other. What I found was a study done in the Netherlands of healthy Caucasians. ![]() #Gfr normal range how to#So very sorry, I can Google and do research but don't know how to share. I wish I could make these computer gadgets sing in French like my kids can and I would give you a link but I have no idea how to do that so I will give you as much information as I am able. I googled, normal gfr by age, the site is. I am 63 and have CKD gfr22 but I went searching for the median gfr of a healthy 63 year old woman so I could compare the number. ![]()
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