The Causes of High Creatinine Level in Blood

2014-10-15 16:26

Creatinine is a chemical waste product, a by-product of normal muscle contractions, that passes through the kidneys to be filtered and eliminated in urine. Generally, creatinine levels in the blood remain unchanged from day to day because muscle mass usually stays the same. But it may goes high after you intake too much protein in a short time or catch cold or infection and so on.

The normal level of creatinine

Women usually have lower creatinine levels compared to men because women have less muscle tissue. Among adults without kidney disease, men have approximately 0.6 to 1.2 milligrams/deciliters (mg/dL) of creatinine, whereas women have between 0.5 to 1.1 mg/dL of creatinine.

The causes of high creatinine level in blood

Get fever or cold, eat a lot of foods with high protein or building muscles through weight training or other exercise may show higher amounts of creatinine, even in those who don’t have chronic kidney disease (CKD). All of those can back to normal after the underlying reasons disappeared. But for some, they are not easy to lowered. For example after kidney damaged, it is not able to filter waste efficiently, thus induce creatinine accumulate in the blood and formed into high creatinine level.

After getting high creatinine level, some people may experience weakness, tired, Dehydration, Confusion and Shortness of breath, that really affect the patient’s life. So they need to cure it in time, so as to reduce the pains they are suffering. During making the treatment plan, we should know clear the underlying reasons, than make corresponding plan.

Hoping the introduce of causes of high creatinine level in blood can help you to know clear your disease condition. If you need any help in lowing it or curing kidney disease, do not hesitant to contact our online doctor, we will try our best to help you.

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