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Worried on kidney function.. need help

2 years back I did blood work to check on my kidney and liver function. The result shows eGFR 93 and the rest are within the healthy range. SP Gravity at 1.020 and no protein traces found in urine.

Last year blood check up for kidney and liver (Different Lab) came up as eGFR: above 60, urea and creatinine almost the same readings as previous year but potassium, calcium and the others increased a bit, but still within the healthy range. SP gravity at 1.030 and no protein traces found in urine

This year, I noticed my urine seems to be bubbly but it's disappear few minutes later and eventually will get better if I increase my water intake. Worried of proteinurea, I did another blood work and the result came back as

eGFR: above 60, urea and creatinine the same as last year, the rest like potassium, calcium, uric acid, etc increased but still within the healthy range. SP gravity at 1.010 and no traces of protein found.

My worries is, 2 years back I was told that my eGFR is 93, I was 26 back then. Now since I change to different lab, the result didn't show  the exact eGFR value but only stating that it's above 60. With increasing readings of other results like potassium, calcium, etc.. is my kidney function degrading?

Some say I should have eGFR above 100, but at the age of 26, mine was only 93. Is it normal? My doctor seems not worried about it.

My latest symptom, bubbly urine is an indicator of proteinurea or kidney damage but my result proves otherwise when no protein detected in my urine. I've no kidney disease or family history linked to it but I'm an athlete, and most of my diet is more to protein intake especially protein supplement.

Can anyone help me to explain it to me? I'm worried that my kidney is failing slowly.
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OK - so from all the numbers you threw out there...I'm going to say it sounds like you are just fine at the moment..  What a lot of doctors don't take the time to explain is that there are a handful of factors that make the GFR fluctuate.  Potassium AND a high protein diet are 2 of the main culprits.. without protein in your urine and everything else being normal - I'm assuming your blood pressure and weight have been the same - then you really shouldn't worry yet.  Medicines and dietary changes can moved your gfr up within a matter of days.  Now - if your gfr keeps declining and your creatinine level increases above 2...you need to come up with a plan of action with a renal doctor.  

IF that happens - let me speak from experience and say to be picky ask questions and get a second opinion before you go thru with dialysis... Unfortunately there are "great" doctors out there that have started to focus on the quantity of patients that they can get on their dialysis paycheck instead of the quality of care to keep them off of it.  

Source:  I've had 2 CKDs since I was born.  I am in 4th stage kidney failure and have been since 2007.  My mother lost hers 10 years ago and got a transplant last year - my brother got his first transplant at 13 ....so besides having the most brilliant doctor ever...I'm pretty much a PRO!
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Hi I think you should go to the doctor and tell them you want a boolf text and urine test done they will let you no in less then a week you will no if you have kidney failure please go take care of it. I had the same symptomsright away they told me what it waslittle blood from me and urine sample that's when they told me I had renal failure.
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So you think that I'm prone to CKD stage 1 or 2?

and do you think eGFR 93 is normal? some say at the age of 26 I should have eGFR above 100.

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