I have been reading this and I had no idea I shouldn't be eating tomatoes. I love them, cucumbers too. I drink green tea and grape bottled water. in 2009 my b/p went up never had it b/f always on the low side. lab work showed egfr at 58 so Dr did a CT Angiogram which showed a 60 percent kidney artery blockage. I went to a vascular surgeon who said I shouldn't have had the contrast dye but too late for that now also said blockage wasn't nearly bad enough.
80% bilateral stenosis and stenosis in a solitary functioning kidney. This is correlated with blood creatinine levels to assess the renal function. So, based on the degree of stenosis and the renal functioning surgical therapy is planned and the outcome is good. Please discuss the various possibilities with your doctor.
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I did not want to go on meds, so I begged for a renin-aldosterone test and the aldosterone was up, so they did a renal doppler which showed a blocked in the left renal artery that was very severe. I had tons of problems trying 5 different types of bp meds - the worst were the calcium channel blockers (norvasc, plendil) as they sent me to the ER with a cluster headache so bad, I wanted to just die and they raised my bp to 250/135. This was on the lowest dosage of each. I was also vomiting.
I was diagnosed with FMD 3 months ago and have a stent in my left illiac artery. I do not know yet what other arteries may be affected. I read that it can affect any arteries in the body with the carotid and renal the most common. Mine was affecting my legs and I am supposed to have another angiogram so they can take care of the right illiac.
I also had renal artery stenosis, which means that one of my kidney arteries was narrowed with a ballooning immediately after that. I had to wait three weeks to see the kidney doctor and then another three weeks to see the vascular surgeon. I finally had an angioplasty (another three weeks later) done on my renal artery. There is nothing that can be done for the PKD, but that's ok because its not bothering me right now.
Dear Logan, welcome to the medhelp forum. Creatinine is an indicator of the renal function to filter fluid. It reflects the damage to the kidney’s filtration mechanism, which gets affected by longstanding hypertension or diabetes. Raised value may also indicate dehydration, increased muscle mass causing increased protein breakdown. Normal levels of creatinine in the blood are 0.6 to 1.2 mg per dl in adult males and 0.5 to 1.1 mg/dl in adult females. These are subject to laboratory variations.
Recent head injury, hyperthyroidism, renal artery stenosis (by dopplar studies or MRI), abnormal kidney function (by kidney function tests), hyper function of adrenals, Cushing’s syndrome, abnormal liver function etc need to be ruled out. You should consult a cardiologist for high BP. To diagnose the cause tests like kidney function, liver function, lipid profile, thyroid, adrenal gland function, EKG, ECHO, tread mill etc are done.
- CT Scan, originally concerned about hypertensive encephalitis, normal
- Echocardiogram, normal
- Extensive blood work, everything from basic blood work, to kidney function and kidney hormones, adrenal-related hormones, stress-related hormones, toxicology, all normal except normetanephrines which were slightly elevated (suggestive of Pheochromocytoma, later ruled out via MRI)
- Ultrasound of kidneys and adrenals, normal
- Doppler ultrasound of renal arteries, normal
- MRI of brain and abdomen
On July 23rd had three stents put in, right renal artery, right illiac artery and left iliac artery...Had a heart attack and stent put in August 07,,,
Vasculiar suregon said left renal artery is 100 % occluded, thou said a smaller artery was forced to do its own bypass.... Said at this time the pulse and blood flow seem good,,, Is it safe to wait and see what happens, or should I have a bypass now?
Recent head injury, hyperthyroidism, renal artery stenosis (by dopplar studies or MRI), abnormal kidney function (by kidney function tests), hyper function of adrenals, Cushing’s syndrome, abnormal liver function etc need to be ruled out. You should consult a cardiologist for high BP. To diagnose the cause tests like kidney function, liver function, lipid profile, thyroid, adrenal gland function, EKG, ECHO, tread mill etc are done.
My general practicioner sent me to a nephrologist who thought I may have a blockage in an artery to a kidney. They did a renal angiogram, and did find a small artery to the kidney causing the problem, but nothing that could be repaired by angioplasty, just genetically small arteries. They also found the renin level in my kidney to be very high due to the small artery. Ace inhibitors work the best for me, but due to side effects was taken off them.
I am sorry but I have never seen a patient with a "circumaortic left renal artery" ..I assume this means a left renal that wraps around the aorta before going to the kidney. I suppose if it is getting compressed laying on your right side may be relieving the compression,making your blood pressure better. I think you should see a vascular specialist, perhaps a vascular surgeon to discuss this.
Causes like hyperthyroidism, renal artery stenosis (by dopplar studies or MRI), abnormal kidney function (by kidney function tests), hyper function of adrenals, Cushing’s syndrome, abnormal liver function etc should be ruled out. At times no cause of high blood pressure can be found and this is termed as essential hypertension. What you can do is reduce salt intake, take alcohol with caution or better avoid, quit smoking if you do and reduce total calorie intake in a day.
If a blood clot blocked the artery to the kidney or a stone prevented the urine from reaching your bladder, then you would most likely have pain on that side in the back. If the kidney was slowly damaged, say by long standing obstruction or high blood pressure, then you probably would not have any symptoms as long as your other kidney was working well. In most situations where there is one good kidney, it can handle the extra work without giving you any sign that it is doing so.
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