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High blood pressure, headache with back pain. KIDNEY DISEASE?

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I'm 31 years old and I'm having a little discomfort or pain one the right side towards my back around my kidney area. I went to the hospital because I was having headaches and they did lab work and said I have high blood pressure it was 150/110, and a urinary track infection. They send me home with antibiotics for 10 days and atenolol once a day for blood. Blood pressure is under control now. But I was reading that a gfr showing greater than 60 with a Creatinine like mine that is 0.53 could be a sign of kidney disease stage 1or 2. What do you think?

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You need to constantly monitor your BP. Though incidentally you were found to have high BP, you need to regularly monitor them. Both the reports of creatinine and GFR are normal.
But, High BP itself suggests that the kidney function should be monitored frequently as it suggests that there is an ' unhealthy ' kidney. It may not be reflected in either creatinine or GFR. So, Though your creatinine and GFR are normal , you frequently get kidney function tests done. Your BP should be under good control and you be given appropriate drugs for that especially ACE inhibitors or ARB group of drugs like Enalapril or Losartan.
Hope, your local physician prescribes you the same. Back ache is nothing to do with kidneys though it was the preceding incident for you to go to the doctor. You consult a physiotherapist for the same and get muscle relaxing exercises for the relief of back ache


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Dr. Sree Bhushan Raju
Category: Pediatric Nephrologist
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FISN : Fellowship of Indian Society of Nephrology(ISN), 2012
FIACM : Fellowship of Indian Association of Clinical Medicin(IACM), 2012
FICP: Indian College of Physicians Association of Physicians of India, 2012
Fellowship: DM, DNB, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 2002
Residency: MD, General Medicine, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, 1998
Medical School: MBBS, Gandhi Medical College, 1994
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