At What Creatinine Level Do You Start Dialysis
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Dec-20-2011
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Creatinine is an important measurement of renal function and it is the metabolic product of muscle. For the patients with Renal Failure, as their kidneys are damaged seriously, the kidneys can not excrete the creatinine normally thus accumulating in the blood.
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Creatinine is an important measurement of renal function and it is the metabolic product of muscle. For the patients with Renal Failure, as their kidneys are damaged seriously, the kidneys can not excrete the creatinine normally thus accumulating in the blood. In that case, the patients with Renal Failure have to depend on dialysis to discharge the metabolic wastes out of their body. Therefore, the patients are concerned the question very much: at what creatinine level they should start dialysis.
As we all know that the normal levels of creatinine levels of creatinine are 0.6~1.2 mg/dl in adult males and 0.5~1.0 mg/dl. If the person is born with only with one kidney, his or her creatinine level is about 1.8~1.9 mg/dl. For the new infants, the normal creatinine level is about 0.2 mg/dl for they nearly have no muscle. Generally speaking, if the creatinine level reaches 2.0 mg/dl in infants and 10mg/dl, they are recommended to start dialysis. However, as different countries and even different labs have different normal reference level of creatinine, the creatinine level for starting dialysis may have slight difference. Moreover, when to start dialysis also should depend on a comprehensive index. If the patients have serious complications such as anemia, vomit, nausea and so on, they may start dialysis at a lower creatinine level than the above mentioned. Moreover, if Renal Failure is caused by Diabetes, the patients should start dialysis earlier for the patients with Diabetic Nephropathy usually are complicated with a series of complications and also their creatinine level can not reflect their disease condition very well.
In order to protect the residual renal function, generally the patients with Renal Failure are advocated to start dialysis at an early time if the can afford it. However, as it can disorder their normal routine life and cause many serious complications, it is usually rejected by most of the patients. In recent years, with the medicine development, it is possible for the patients to avoid dialysis or decrease the frequency of dialysis. If you are a Renal Failure patient and do not want to bear the pain of dialysis, you can email to kidneytreat@hotmail.com or consult us on line.
Kindly Reminder:
Kidney Disease should be treated as soon as possible, thus enhancing the therapeutic effect and improving quality of life. The most important thing is to build up the confidence to fight with disease.
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