{"id":327,"date":"2017-12-14T08:20:56","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T13:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.sites.unc.edu\/transition\/for-patients-and-parents\/questions-to-ask-your-kidney-doctor\/"},"modified":"2017-12-14T08:23:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-14T13:23:43","slug":"questions-to-ask-your-kidney-doctor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/for-patients-and-parents\/questions-to-ask-your-kidney-doctor\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions to Ask Your Kidney Doctor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">Questions to use as a guide to help improve your understanding of kidney disease.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">These questions will help you communicate with your doctor<br \/>\nand learn more about how to care for your kidneys!<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">To download a copy of these questions for yourself, click <a class=\"internal-link\" title=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/pediatrics\/transition\/for-patients-and-parents\/QuestionstoAskYourKidneyDoctor.doc\" target=\"_self\">here<\/a>!<\/h3>\n<h3>About tests and results:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What is my GFR? What does that mean?<\/li>\n<li>Has my GFR changed since last time?<\/li>\n<li>What is my urine albumin level? What does that mean?<\/li>\n<li>Has my urine albumin changed since the last time it was checked?<\/li>\n<li>Is my kidney disease getting worse?<\/li>\n<li>Is my blood pressure where it needs to be?<\/li>\n<li>What should my blood pressure be?<\/li>\n<li>Will I need dialysis or a transplant soon?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>About treatment and self-care:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What can I do to keep my kidney disease from getting worse?<\/li>\n<li>Do any of my medicines or doses need to be changed?<\/li>\n<li>Does what I eat need to be changed?<\/li>\n<li>Do my foods have the right amount of protein, salt (sodium), potassium, and phosphorous?<\/li>\n<li>What do I need to do to protect my veins?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Complications:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>What other health problems may I face because of my kidney disease?<\/li>\n<li>Should I be looking for any symptoms? If so, what are they?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Questions to use as a guide to help improve your understanding of kidney disease. These questions will help you communicate with your doctor and learn more about how to care for your kidneys! To download a copy of these questions for yourself, click here! About tests and results: What is my GFR? What does that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/for-patients-and-parents\/questions-to-ask-your-kidney-doctor\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Questions to Ask Your Kidney Doctor\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":76119,"featured_media":0,"parent":19,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-327","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","odd"],"acf":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/76119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/327\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/transition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}