Kidney failure???

[Larii]

These past few days I've had barely any urge to urinate, and when i do go the urine sort of trickles out instead of a steady flow like it normally does. No pain or burning. I think I had this same issue a few weeks ago and it went away, but now its come back I'm just terrified because kidney disease has little symptoms and you find out when it's too late. I had a blood test in July and my kidney function was normal, is it possible its deteriorated since then????

 

[Cuchculan]

Pretty fast if it did. I doubt it very much. You could visit your doctor. Bring a sample if you could manage a sample. It could be tested there and then. To look for any kind of infection. By infection, I mean normal infectionm the kind we might all get at some stage. Just try not to jump the gun here. You did say it happened before and it cleared. I will assume you are drinking plenty of water? Could try a small party piece to see will it make you pee. The old finger in a cold glass of water. Might make you go as per normal. Nothing to lose by giving it a go. If you still can't go visit your doctor.

 

[matisworried]

let's start with the obvious... are you drinking enough? if you're drinking less, you're probably peeing less.

being very worried about it probably isn't helping matters. this might be getting in to TMI territory, but if i'm in a public restroom and there are people waiting or if i'm trying to pee at a urinal with someone standing right next to me, i have a really hard time going... and if i CAN go, it comes out with about as solid of a stream as a 95 year-old man with a prostate five times its normal size.

i'd imagine if you truly weren't urinating enough, you'd be in a decent amount of discomfort as well.

i think having normal labs is very reassuring. i've been (thoroughly) checked for kidney disease (ultrasound, ct scan, cystoscopy, countless urine tests and bloodwork) because i constantly have trace amounts of blood in my urine. if there were kidney issues, your labs more than likely would have been elevated.

 

[Larii]

let's start with the obvious... are you drinking enough? if you're drinking less, you're probably peeing less.

being very worried about it probably isn't helping matters. this might be getting in to TMI territory, but if i'm in a public restroom and there are people waiting or if i'm trying to pee in at a urinal with someone standing right next to me, i have a really hard time going... and if i CAN go, it comes out with about as solid of a stream as a 95 year-old man with a prostate five times its normal size.

i'd imagine if you truly weren't urinating enough, you'd be in a decent amount of discomfort as well.

i think having normal labs is very reassuring. i've been (thoroughly) checked for kidney disease (ultrasound, ct scan, cystoscopy, countless urine tests and bloodwork) because i constantly have trace amounts of blood in my urine. if there were kidney issues, your labs more than likely would have been elevated.

I haven't really been drinking or eating properly these past few days actually also, i do have a feeling its somewhat psychological because the previous time I had it i kept telling myself it was nothing and it would go away, and funnily enough it did. I'm just gonna stay calm and drink lots of water..

 

[matisworried]

I haven't really been drinking or eating properly these past few days actually also, i do have a feeling its somewhat psychological because the previous time I had it i kept telling myself it was nothing and it would go away, and funnily enough it did. I'm just gonna stay calm and drink lots of water..

relaxation is key! going to the bathroom is something we all have to do and shouldn't be an anxiety-inducing event.

just try to remind yourself that nothing's wrong and that this is just your anxiety's way of making itself known.