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A 35-year-old female asked:

Docs keep saying i'm dehydrated, but i drink 1/2 gallon water per day, pee 12 times at least a day. i don't know what else to do? egfr 57 bun/cre norm

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Dr. Jack Rubin
Dr. Jack Rubinanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
Dehydration?: If your BUN and creatinine are normal, it is very, very unlikely you have dehydration. If your egfr is 57 ml/min, it is unlikely that your have a normal BUN and creatinine, as you chronic kidney disease stage 3. Why don't you ask the physician (p) who ordered the blood work on you that gave you a egfr of 57 what is going on? That p knows you better than anyone else. Good luck.
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