Chronic Kidney Disease with Creatinine 7.8 and Hb 8.1

For people with Chronic Kidney Disease, serum creatinine and hemoglobin (Hb) are two common test. Creatinine 7.8 means patients’ kidney function has been damaged severely, while Hb 8.1 means patients have moderate anemia. Here, you can get an overall understanding about high creatinine level and low hemoglobin level.

Normal creatinine level and hemoglobin level

Creatinine is one waste product of protein decomposition, which is filtered out by kidney and then removed from the body via urine. Generally, as long as 50% of kidney function can working normally, serum creatinine can keep a stable range: 0.5-1.1mg/dl for female and 0.6-1.2mg/dl for male. This normal value may change with race, age, gender or other factors. According to CKD stages, patients’ illness condition may develop end stage if their creatinine has increased to 7.8.

Hemoglobin is an essential element for making red blood cell. It is reported that hemoglobin accounts for 97% of the dry weight of red blood cells and 35% of total weight. Therefore, in clinic, hemoglobin test is used to detect whether patients are anemic. Normally, the hemoglobin level is 12-16g/dl for male, 11-15g/dl for female and 11-16g/dl for children. According to different hemoglobin levels, the severity of anemia is different:

Hemoglobin level > 9g/dl, mild anemia

Hemoglobin level 6~9g/dl, moderate anemia

Hemoglobin level 3~6g/dl, severe anemia

Hemoglobin level <3g/dl, extreme anemia

In view of this, Hb 8.1 indicates moderate anemia, and effective managements are needed to avoid condition deterioration.

How to lower high creatinine level and treat anemia?

To lower creatinine levels, some medicines like ketosteril are commonly used. If they can’t work very well, kidney replacement therapy may be recommended. Here, you may think of dialysis, but today, we would like to suggest blood purification. It, compared with hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis, can not only remove waste products more thoroughly but also add some essential elements to blood. Through correcting blood circulation, it can lower high creatinine level persistently and help repair damaged kidney cells.

To treat moderate anemia, a healthy diet, rich in iron, folic acid and other nutritions red blood cells need, can be quite helpful. In some cases, medications like EPO may be needed.

High creatinine level and low hemoglobin level both are risk for patients’ health. If you are faced by either of them and you haven’t had an effective treatment, you can tell the online doctor, so he can help you make a good treatment plan as soon as possible.