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Kidneys in Good Shape?Getting Tested: What does "getting tested" for kidneydisease involve? Is it something that one can do at home? One cancertainly be alert for particular signs of kidney disease like a pain in thesmall of the back, puffy eyes, swollen hands and feet, bloody urine, burningduring urination or urinating more frequently than usual. But these signscan have other causes. Testing specifically for kidney disease usually involves a trip to the doctoror clinic to measure blood pressure and to have blood and urine tests, the urinefor protein and such; and the blood checked for elevated creatinine andurea. These are specific signs of kidney damage. So how healthy are your kidneys? March is the month for everyone toanswer this question. Barbara K. Hecht,Ph.D.
Frederick Hecht, M.D.
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