Can High Creatinine Level Cause Fatigue

Creatinine is a waste product that is filtered from the blood through the kidneys. When your kidneys do not function well, high creatinine level occurs. High creatinine level can cause many problems, such as frequent urination, edema and so on. Can high creatinine level cause fatigue? The answer is certain.

-Fatigue may be associated with anemia.

Anemia means there are not enough red blood cells. Impaired kidney function affects their secretion of erythropoietin so that they can not stimulate bone marrows to produce red blood cells, which means there are not enough oxygen to be transported to your muscles. And then you feel fatigue easily.

Solution: Erythropoietin and iron supplement are the common medicine to help you improve anemia. Besides, in the daily doing some exercise regularly can strengthen your muscles and boost energy.

-Fatigue may be associated with improper diet.

Kidney patients are required to control their diet, but you should know how to control your diet. If you can not get enough nutrient from the diet, you may suffer from malnutrition and fatigue. Besides, if you do not attach importance to diet, too much intake of various food can increase burden on the kidneys so as to speed up kidney function impairment.

Solution: talk with your dietitian to make a renal-friendly diet according to your medical condition. The general guideline is to follow a low protein, low sodium, low phosphorus and potassium diet. And fresh vegetables and fruits are always preferred.

Fatigue may be associated with other factors, such as high blood pressure, physical inactivity, poor sleeping quality and so on. Space limited, we do not explain them one by one.

Treatment plan: If you want to improve your whole physical condition, you should repair the damaged kidneys and improve kidney function so as to lower creatinine level. Here we recommend a kind of natural remedies, namely Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. It can prevent kidney inflammation, stop kidney fibrosis and improve blood circulation, which are all good for kidney self-healing.

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