I Have One Kidney, High Creatinine Level

I only have one kidney. The other was removed by surgery two years ago, but my latest report shows that my creatinine level is higher than the normal. I feel frightened because I know high creatinine level means my remaining kidney is also damaged. What should I do to prevent complete kidney damage? Must I accept kidney transplant?

Many other people with one kidney also have the same experience, because one kidney has a much higher incidence of high creatinine level than two kidneys. Well then, our today topic is how to lower high creatinine level for people with one kidney.

For people with one kidney, nearly all blood needs to flow through kidney and gets purified. The filtering rate of one kidney is much slower than the rate of two kidneys, so these people’s creatinine is usually a little higher than the normal level (0.5~1.2mg/dl for female, 0.6~1.3mg/dl for male).

If your creatinine level is slightly higher than the above values. You don’t need to be worried, because it isn’t an alarm of kidney damage. Through arranging a scientific diet and having a healthy lifestyle can guarantee your kidney work very well and avoid kidney damage effectively.

However, if your creatinine level is much higher than the normal, some kidney protective and repairing treatments are needed to improve your kidney function to avoid complete kidney failure. Here, we recommend Immunotherapy that can not only help kidneys remove wastes from the body to reduce the workload on this only one kidney but also help improve patients’ kidney function, through repairing the damaged but not necrotic kidney cells. In addition, some fruits and vegetables can also help lower high creatinine level. Cranberry, pomegranate, celery, etc, are all conducive for you to improve your kidney function. Ask the kidney experts online to find more other foods that are good for you.