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How To Reduce Blood Urea Nitrogen And Creatnine Level Naturally?
Question: Is it possible to lower my Bun and Creatnine naturally?
Brief Answer:
tight control of diabetes can sometimes reverse it
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using healthcare magic
Elevated bun (urea) and creatinine is most commonly related to kidney disease or impairment.
If it was the creatinine only that was elevated then it would have been possible that it could have been related to diet such as excess use of protein but the increased values together are suggestive of kidney issues.
In some persons, reversal is not possible but it is possible to prevent any further damage.
With a history of diabetes and hypertension, it is likely that these conditions contribute to kidney impairment.
For this reason, one of most important aspects of treatment would be tight control of your diabetes and high blood pressure.
In some persons tight control of diabetes can reverse some of the kidney damage.
It would be important to maintain your blood pressure below 130/80 mmHg. A kidney protection medication in the ACE or ARB family would help.
These medications slow down the progression of kidney disease.
The DASH diet is recommended for control of blood pressure-(1) low salt,
(2) low alcohol intake,
(3) increase of fruits and vegetables,
(4) high intake of foods with calcium and potassium which is shown to reduce blood pressure- low fat diary for the calcium.
Your doctor however may not want a high intake of potassium at this stage
(5) high use of water
Blood sugar control would be achieved by diet , activity and medication. The main dietary changes would be reduction in carbohydrate intake.
I hope this helps , feel free to ask any other questions
tight control of diabetes can sometimes reverse it
Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for using healthcare magic
Elevated bun (urea) and creatinine is most commonly related to kidney disease or impairment.
If it was the creatinine only that was elevated then it would have been possible that it could have been related to diet such as excess use of protein but the increased values together are suggestive of kidney issues.
In some persons, reversal is not possible but it is possible to prevent any further damage.
With a history of diabetes and hypertension, it is likely that these conditions contribute to kidney impairment.
For this reason, one of most important aspects of treatment would be tight control of your diabetes and high blood pressure.
In some persons tight control of diabetes can reverse some of the kidney damage.
It would be important to maintain your blood pressure below 130/80 mmHg. A kidney protection medication in the ACE or ARB family would help.
These medications slow down the progression of kidney disease.
The DASH diet is recommended for control of blood pressure-(1) low salt,
(2) low alcohol intake,
(3) increase of fruits and vegetables,
(4) high intake of foods with calcium and potassium which is shown to reduce blood pressure- low fat diary for the calcium.
Your doctor however may not want a high intake of potassium at this stage
(5) high use of water
Blood sugar control would be achieved by diet , activity and medication. The main dietary changes would be reduction in carbohydrate intake.
I hope this helps , feel free to ask any other questions
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
When I was on Glypizide my fasting blood sugar was 100 or lower. My doctor switched me to insulin and my blood sugar went up into the 200. I switched back to glypizide and this morning it was down to 99. The understanding was that they took me off the glypizide to protect my kidneys. I am not understanding why. Can you help me with a better explanation?
Brief Answer:
it is cleared by the kidneys and liver
Detailed Answer:
HI
Glipizide is broken down and excreted by the kidneys and liver.
In persons with impaired kidney function , there is difficulty clearing the drug.
This means that its action would be prolonged and there is an increased risk of low blood sugars.
Because this family of drugs is already known to cause low blood sugars the potential for an increase in this problem is the reason that the drug is generally avoided in kidney or liver disease.
If your fasting blood sugars were high with the insulin, it implies that the basal (background) insulin dose needed adjusting.
This is the long acting insulin.It influences the fasting readings and the bolus insulins ( the one in relation to meals) affect the post eating readings.
Please feel free to ask any additional questions
it is cleared by the kidneys and liver
Detailed Answer:
HI
Glipizide is broken down and excreted by the kidneys and liver.
In persons with impaired kidney function , there is difficulty clearing the drug.
This means that its action would be prolonged and there is an increased risk of low blood sugars.
Because this family of drugs is already known to cause low blood sugars the potential for an increase in this problem is the reason that the drug is generally avoided in kidney or liver disease.
If your fasting blood sugars were high with the insulin, it implies that the basal (background) insulin dose needed adjusting.
This is the long acting insulin.It influences the fasting readings and the bolus insulins ( the one in relation to meals) affect the post eating readings.
Please feel free to ask any additional questions
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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