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GFR 49 (post heart stent procedure)

Hi Doctors, My father(68) underwent pacemaker implant and two stents. He was advised by the doctor to use Brilinta 90mg along with few others. After 1.5 months of using the tablet. We took a blood test for him and the GFR is 49. Please advise if we have to stop it or continue. Thank you.
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Lower creatinine

Ive tested my creatinine is 0.65 and egfr is 153...Why my creatinine is lower than normal?Can i take creatinine supplements for long time im a thin low muscle mass boy my body Weight is 57kg and age is 24yrs
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Water intake

Hello Sir , For the last two months I have taken 4 to 4.5 lit water per day. Does it cause kidney issues like kidney pressure or kidney failure? One of my friends told me 4 lit water is too much and it will cause kidney damage. I am fearing this issue. Pls help me
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Medicine Side Effects

Hi Doctors, My father has undergone heart related procedures. Pace maker implant and 2 stents. Post surgery, he was given the below medicines. 1. Brilinta 90mg - Twice a day 2. CTD T/40/12.5 - once a day 3. Ecospirin 75 mg - once a day 4. Tonact 40mg - once a day 5. Starpress xl 25 mg - once a day After two months of usage of these medicines, my father got blood tested. His GFR value is 49. Creatinine is 1 .55. My question is, the GFR levels are down because of which medicine in the above list ? And what is the prevention to improve the values. Please advise.
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Kidney stones

Having some difficulty on both kidney when start any works or running on fields some time its pain very hard
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Kidney stone releted

Hello doctors! Last month my husband had severe abdominal pain which radiated in lower side. Rush to hospital. They settled the pain. Did CT scan and kidney stone detected. He is taking medicine also. Yesterday again pain started. Today USG done. Both reports shared. Kidney swallowing shown in report now. Is it curable? Pl suggest for next step.
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High potassium normal creatinine

During master health check up , potassium was 6.9, haemoglobin at 8.5, high phosphorus and other values like creatinine, liver function, ecg etc was normal. Second potassium test was normal . I'm confused about two different potassium values. Kindly advise.
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Urea and uric acid

My mother has 6.3 urea and 49. someting bun she is diabetic and she was consumeing meat for 1 month and not hydrated is this serious
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Occasional epithelial and puss cell

What does occasional epithelial and puss cell in urine routine test means...it should be 0 to 5 ...but what does occasional term means... occasional means how much?
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The body weak

The body has become very weak.  Body very weak, pain in knees. Burning in urine. Body weight has decreased. Does not want to do any work.
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