Is High Creatinine Level Means the Kidney Disease and the Ways to lower it

2014-12-07 15:22

Is high creatinine level means the kidney disease ? In fact, high creatinine levels do not definitely means kidney problems. So if you want to make further diagnosis, you should to know the GFR level and kidney function as well.

As there are many factors can induce high creatinine level, such as dehydration, urinary tract infections, high protein and meat intake, creatine supplement or strenuous activities, so before make dialysis, you should know clear about the reasons. Exclude all those factors, long-term high creatinine or it has the trend to become even higher when other possible causes it is very possible that high creatinine is due to impaired kidney functions and declined GFR levels.

For those that have already developed kidney problem, serum creatinine test is a good indicator of renal functions. However it is not very sensitive for detecting early renal damages, therefore nephrologists recommend checking the patient’s GFR besides creatinine levels. GFR can better reflect the severity of renal damages and residual kidney functions and it can reflect early renal damages. GFR is often used by the doctors to calculate the patient’s kidney functions and low GFR is often accompanied by high creatinine and low renal functions. Therefore it is recommended that kidney disease patients should ask their doctors for the GFR levels besides creatinine levels.

How to lower the high creatinine level ?

For people with no kidney disease, the high creatinine level will back to normal with the inducers disappear. But for people with kidney disease, they should solve the kidney problems first. Because the high creatinine level in kidney is caused by kidney disorder, so only if the renal damaged tissues are repaired and renal functions are improved, excess creatinine can be removed by the kidneys, high creatinine will be lowered naturally and low GFR will be improved.

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