Different Effects and Symptoms of Starvation Mode. Starvation happens when the body is deprived of the essential nutrients it requires for proper function and survival. When the body does not receive these nutrients that come from food and liquids, side effects occur.
Why It Is Done. A kidney biopsy is done to: 1  Find kidney disease when there is blood or protein in the urine or when the kidneys are not working well. 2  Check kidney problems seen on an ultrasound or a CT scan. 3  Watch kidney disease and see if treatment is working.  Find out why a transplanted kidney isn't working well.
To monitor the function of a kidney transplant, your doctors check your creatinine levels. Creatinine is a good measure of the function of kidney transplants, but this blood test does not give a complete picture of how well the kidney is doing. A biopsy of the kidney provides much more information than your blood tests. A biopsy tells the doctor what is happening at the microscopic level in your kidney.