Kidney Function Profile Blood Test (Clinic Walk-In) – £60

Performance of organs: Are yours operating well?

A kidney exam is all that’s needed to check on your wellbeing.

Some labs use a blood test to check kidney function to see if they are performing properly. Dr. Linda Fezzardi, who runs the Chelsea Clinical Institute Analysis Laboratory, talked to us about this.

Should we get the kidney panel done?

The renal panel is a group of tests that let doctors check how well the kidneys are working. These tests check how much of different compounds are in the body, such as carbohydrates, proteins, mineral salts, and electrolytes.

The renal panel test specifically measures:

Glucose is the main source of energy for our bodies. Proteins like albumin are important for keeping fluids in the blood vessels and moving hormones and vitamins around. Minerals like phosphorus and calcium are important for making energy, and electrolytes are important for keeping the acid-base balance in the body. Waste products like urea are released by the liver into the bloodstream and then into the organ where they are filtered and removed through urine. Creatinine is a waste product made by muscles.
Don’t underestimate the glomerular filtration rate.

The glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) is another kidney screening measure that may be added to the renal function panel. It tells you how much blood the glomeruli in the organ filter in a minute.
The glomerular filtration rate is a formula that also considers several traits of the person who does it, like:

• Age
• Type
• Race
• Weight
• Height

Several disorders can lead to renal failure:

• Infections in the urinary tract;
• Calculations;
• Malformations;
• Hereditary illnesses;
• Glomerulonephritis (inflammatory disorders that mostly affect the glomeruli, causing swelling all over the body and problems with urination); high blood pressure (less often); and diabetes (less often).
• When the kidneys fail, they can’t clear and process things properly. People who are older are more likely to get it.

Renal failure impairs the kidneys’ filtration and metabolic functions. It is more common in older folks.

The rules

To keep chronic diseases from getting worse, it is also urged that people who are watching their health avoid habits and behaviors like:

• Not moving around much;
• Eating whatever;
• Using too much salt and smoke;
• Taking drugs for a long time.
• How bad the kidney failure is.

To find out how bad the kidney failure is, figure out the glomerular filtration rate. This lets you guess how many kidney problems are still there and keep track of how they change over time.

Based on the information, we separate further kidney failure into distinct levels of severity:
You don’t feel any of the usual symptoms in the beginning.

Only the blood numbers that show how well the kidneys are working, such creatinine, are changed. After that, the levels of uric acid, calcium, phosphorus, bicarbonate, and parathyroid hormone change, and the number of red blood cells goes down.

In the last stage, the symptoms of anemia get worse, blood pressure goes up, and people need to take different medicines to fix all the problems so they can work properly again.

If things go worse, like when the glomerular filtration rate drops below 10 ml/min, machines will probably be used to clean.