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Various Causes of High Creatinine Levels in Blood (Serum Creatinine)
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Jan-16-2012
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In kidney functional test, sometimes high creatinine level can be detected. What is the cause of high creatinine level? Take a look.
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In kidney functional test, sometimes high creatinine level can be detected. What is the cause of high creatinine level? Take a look.
Creatinine in blood is also called serum creatinine. It is a chemical waste molecule that is generated from muscle metabolism. Therefore it is closely related to the amount of muscles and it will be not affected easily by diet. A minority of creatinine in blood comes from protein in the food that people have eaten, which will not affect creatinine in blood greatly. Creatinine, which is also a waste of human body, will be excreted through urine after filtrated by kidneys. If the kidney function decreases, creatinine can not be excreted effectively and it will stay in blood and cause problems. Therefore creatinine in blood is one of the important clinical indicators of renal function. High creatinine level in blood indicates the degree of kidney parenchyma damage clearly, but it is not a sensitive indicator. It is due to the fact that creatinine level in blood begins to decrease when GFR decreases to one-third of normal level because human have strong metabolic capacity. Hence people can not feel it when damage of kidney function is not serious.
What are the causes of high creatinine level in blood?
★ Fatigue can cause temporary increase of creatinine level in blood.
★ If concurrent infection such as cold, pneumonia, intestinal tract infection or urinary tract infection presents in people with renal dysfunction, creatinine level in blood can increase in short time.
★ Body loses much water can be one of the causes. Fever, little water intake will cause pachemia when people are in diuretic phase. Reducing of blood flow volume of kidneys could cause increase of creatinine level in blood.
★ People with kidney diseases take medication that is toxic to kidney. Creatinine level in blood can increase and sometimes it can not be reversed.
★ The relapse of kidney diseases, Oliguria even anuria may present, acute renal dysfunction can be accompanied. Then creatinine level in blood can increase.
★ If there is hypertension, creatinine level in blood can increase gradually if your blood pressure is not controlled well and moderate or one has large quantity of proteinuria (urine protein is more than 1 gram or even 1.5 gram) for a long time.
If one has detected high creatinine level in blood, don't feel worried. Try to find what is the cause of it and deal with it soon.
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