Guest guest Posted July 1, 2004 Report Share Posted July 1, 2004 Are there home testing kits for measuring amounts of creatinine and other important indictors? How about measuring kidney function percentage? Thanks Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Besides, igan is really not the kind of disease that needs close monitoring like that on a daily basis. The appointment interval with the nephrologist is plenty good enough, and you avoid the anxiety from fluctuations in proteinuria and blood that are completely insignificant. Pierre Re: Home testing kits? > Hi Jim, > > There are no home testing kits that will give an accurate measurement of > creatinine, but there are dip sticks that will give you rough ideas of blood and > protein, but not accurate levels. Since your grandson seems resistant to do > much with his IgAN at this point, it might cause him much more stress than it is > worth without giving any good data. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Besides, igan is really not the kind of disease that needs close monitoring like that on a daily basis. The appointment interval with the nephrologist is plenty good enough, and you avoid the anxiety from fluctuations in proteinuria and blood that are completely insignificant. Pierre Re: Home testing kits? > Hi Jim, > > There are no home testing kits that will give an accurate measurement of > creatinine, but there are dip sticks that will give you rough ideas of blood and > protein, but not accurate levels. Since your grandson seems resistant to do > much with his IgAN at this point, it might cause him much more stress than it is > worth without giving any good data. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 2, 2004 Report Share Posted July 2, 2004 Besides, igan is really not the kind of disease that needs close monitoring like that on a daily basis. The appointment interval with the nephrologist is plenty good enough, and you avoid the anxiety from fluctuations in proteinuria and blood that are completely insignificant. Pierre Re: Home testing kits? > Hi Jim, > > There are no home testing kits that will give an accurate measurement of > creatinine, but there are dip sticks that will give you rough ideas of blood and > protein, but not accurate levels. Since your grandson seems resistant to do > much with his IgAN at this point, it might cause him much more stress than it is > worth without giving any good data. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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