My dog has kidney disease. What do her blood test results mean?

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Please tell me what these test results says regarding Summer... my vet just said that her kidney is bad. That’s all. I’d want to know everything to know off the test results please. Thank you for all the help. Also I noticed yesterday when summer peeed, what got my attention is that the amount of pee was much much more than her usual also today .. considering I had lowered dosage of lasix already... should this be alarming? Many thanks. Pet's info: Dog | Labrador Retriever | Female | spayed | 13 years and 3 months old | 90 lbs

Destini R. Holloway, DVM · Accepted Answer

This is best to discuss during a one-on-one consultation; however, the blood work results reveal that your pet has a high white blood cell count (indicates infection or inflammation), mild anemia (low red blood cells), a UTI with a low specific gravity (concentrating ability of the kidneys which should be rechecked once UTI resolved, as well as protein in the urine which should be rechecked after resolution of UTI. as well as high BUN, CREA, which suggests kidney damage or kidney failure. Because of the concurrent UTI, it is best to resolve the UTI with anti-biotics, perhaps consider a SDMA test (specific kidney disease test) to confirm suspected kidney disease/insufficiency, and then rechk Urinalysis in 2 weeks. I am not sure why your pet is on Lasix, unless there is also underlying heart diseasee, which could have caused the erroneous reading of low specific gravity on the test. If there is more to discuss, then pleasea don't hesitate to request a private consultation for this, because this is a complicated case that needs to be on a more personal level in order to get full clarity on the recommendations above. Best wishes and take care.

My dog has kidney disease. What do her blood test results mean?

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