MARY PILKINGTON OF CEDAR RAPIDS RECENTLY HAD ROUTINE BLOOD WORK IN ADVANCE OF AN UPCOMING SURGERY TO RELIEVE BACK PAIN. "It was noted her kidneys were not working at all...she had only five percent of her function left when she came to see me." TC 38:41-39:50 "I thought I was prepared for the surgery I was going to have and this was very frightening really." DR. ABHA (A-BA) SAXENA (Sax-SEE-NA) FROM IPC DETERMINED THE PROLONGED USE OF AN OVER-THE-COUNTER PAIN RELIEVER WAS CAUSING PILKINGTON'S KIDNEY'S TO SHUT DOWN. WITH KIDNEY DISEASE SYMPTOMS MAY NOT DEVELOP UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. "People are walking around with low kidney function and they don't realize it until the kidney is almost on the verge of shutting down." "That issue seems to be resolved thank goodness and I do owe it to her she's wonderful." THE DOCTORS AT IPC DEAL WITH A WIDE RANGE OF ADULT HEALTHCARE ISSUES -- LEARN MORE AT INTERNISTSPC.COM.