What Raises Your Creatinine Level

Creatinine is one waste product that is filtered out by kidneys, so serum creatinine test is commonly taken to indicate how well kidneys are working. If your creatinine level is higher than the normal, what raises your creatinine level must be your concern. Must high creatinine level be attributed to kidney diseases?

In fact, besides kidney damage, many other conditions can also raise your creatinine level. If your creatinine level is slightly higher than the normal, like creatinine 1.4, you may need to consider general causes

● More exercise, higher creatinine

Creatinine is the product of muscle metabolism, and generally 20g of muscle metabolism can produce 1mg of creatinine. If you step up the exercise suddenly, your creatinine level will raise accordingly.

● Dehydration

Because of high fever, a lot of sweating and fluid intake decline, dehydration occurs easily. This can easily cause hemoconcentration, resulting in less blood flowing to kidney. Therefore, kidneys can’t purify blood adequately, thus elevating creatinine level.

● High blood pressure and Diabetes

Both high blood pressure and Diabetes have a close connection to kidney function. If you have a long history of hypertension or Diabetes, blood test result is more likely to show elevated creatinine level.

● Blood urine or protein urine

People who have blood urine or protein urine for a long time are more likely to cause high creatinine level, but most of them usually can’t recognize it timely.

In most cases, high creatinine level due to the above causes can be reversed effectively through correct diet modification and some medicines like anti-hypertensive agents. However, if elevated creatinine level is due to the following conditions, it will be more difficult to deal with.

● Incorrect medication use

If you have kidney disease but take the medication that is harmful for kidneys, it may cause kidney damage. In this condition, the onset of high creatinine level is more likely to be irreversible.

● Heart Disease

High creatinine level can also be linked to some heart diseases such as atherosclerosis and hardening of the arteries.

● Kidney disease

Whichever kidney disease you have, you may suffer from abnormal creatinine level with the loss of more than 50% of kidney function. Generally, the more kidney function is damaged, the higher your creatinine level.

Since so many factors can lead to high creatinine level, the effective treatment should start with an accurate diagnosis. Whether your creatinine level is associated to kidney damage or not, prompt treatment is very important. If you don’t know how to reduce your creatinine, you can leave a message to us or consult our online doctor directly.