You will collapse into a little dry cube like in Star Trek!
Hitchens has cancer. How long till loving xtians say, gloatingly, "god's will!"
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Huxley
MemberLots of water has nothing to do with renal function. You could piss it out all day and still have crashed function. And unless you actually have these functions checked, in the short term you might not notice much difference, but renal and certainly hepatic function problems can be chronic and insidious. Just dont think drinking gallons of water is an answer.
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Please! Any nurse can do it, it isn't difficult. Protourea makes your pee smell similar to how it smells when you've eaten asparagus. Besides, there isn't a nurse on the planet who can't tell between kidney pain and back pain or who doesn't know what pee is supposed to look like.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Huxley
MemberI am a (rtd) nurse and that is rubbish and I know when I can smell Asparagus. Protein-urea which is what I think you mean, is a clinical diagnosis.
I can smell ketones in a ward but differential smelling urine means nothing.
You do need to take better care if you think you can diagnose by the smell of your wee only. Your more likely to get swollen ankles before your wee tells you anything.
Posted 2 years ago # -
I have to be honest, 'Nope - nurses really do tend to talk about this kind of crap outside of work. It tends to weird other people out when you say "Oh MAN, that dude's piss was all frothy, and the SMELL!"
Fun Fact about Nurses: Recent studies have shown that nurses can diagnose Clostridium Dificile (one of the new "superbugs", allegedly) with 95% accuracy by the smell of the patient's faeces alone. If they're allowed to also see it, the accuracy goes even higher.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Huxley
MemberI accept you think you know what you are doing but I fear for your safety.
And yes, nurses can diagnose by smells; its a fun fact we have known for years - but urine smells tell very little (differentially) and you should not put too much store by it.
Peripheral oedaema is such a wonderful expression isnt it?
Posted 2 years ago # -
Dude, if I get oedema, shortness of breath, frothy urine, off-coloured urine, frequency, urgency, retention, smelly urine, kidney pain or any other weird and wonderful symptom, then I'll know about it. Creatine is a supplement taken in small doses before and after exercise to help muscle flexing and healing. I'm not talking about taking steroids!
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