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Fri-29-04-2016, 11:57 AM
My husband had a kidney function of 9 on Tuesday and is in hospital. They have taken him off the psoriasis treatment which was Accitretin as they thought the Fumaderm was causing the kidney problem, when function dropped from 90-50! Dermo did say Acitretin which had been used before, would not control the psoriasis but wanted him to take them until they could sort out the injections. However the function dropped even more when he was no longer on Fumaderm!
So we now have Eric coming home today or tomorrow on NO medication for the psoriasis and I think they may have taken him off the allupurinol as well for his gout. He is also not to take painkillers. He has to go back on Wednesday to see the nephro.
He is seeing the Dermotologist on Tuesday but has been told not to take anything until passing it by the Nephro.
Are injections likely to cause kidney problems? I realise that there are several options so this is just a general question.
I do think we specialists taking 'snapshots' and not really seeing the whole patient although I do accept that the kidney function of 9 was the most dangerous and needed to be sorted. They still do not seem sure what caused the sudden drop.......
But psoriasis can cause infections and very low quality of life..He literally could not walk this time last year and his skin was peeling off.
I do not know if anyone has co -morbidities and has been through similar things? I know that the injections are the last resort in the UK.
Thanks for reading. I shall print out the discharge from the unit and get husband to take it with him when he sees the dermo on Tuesday. It is going to be a difficult bank holiday!
So we now have Eric coming home today or tomorrow on NO medication for the psoriasis and I think they may have taken him off the allupurinol as well for his gout. He is also not to take painkillers. He has to go back on Wednesday to see the nephro.
He is seeing the Dermotologist on Tuesday but has been told not to take anything until passing it by the Nephro.
Are injections likely to cause kidney problems? I realise that there are several options so this is just a general question.
I do think we specialists taking 'snapshots' and not really seeing the whole patient although I do accept that the kidney function of 9 was the most dangerous and needed to be sorted. They still do not seem sure what caused the sudden drop.......
But psoriasis can cause infections and very low quality of life..He literally could not walk this time last year and his skin was peeling off.
I do not know if anyone has co -morbidities and has been through similar things? I know that the injections are the last resort in the UK.
Thanks for reading. I shall print out the discharge from the unit and get husband to take it with him when he sees the dermo on Tuesday. It is going to be a difficult bank holiday!
