How Does Creatinine Level Related To Kidney Function

What is the relation between creatinine level and kidney function? Here we will tell you and let you the importance of keeping creatinine level in a normal range.

Creatinine and kidney function

Creatinine is a waste product that is produced during protein breakdown. The creatinine blood test determines how much of this substance is in the blood. The results are used to determine how well a person’s kidneys are functioning. That is to say, normally creatinine will be expelled by kidneys. However, when kidneys are damaged, they cannot discharge all creatinine from the body, thus causing creatinine accumulating in the body. In this case, high creatinine level occurs. Elevated creatinine level is one of leading indicators to reflect kidney function. And patients with high creatinine level will have fatigue, swelling, foamy urine, decreased urine output, flank pain, high blood pressure, urinary frequency and burning during urination.

How to normalize creatinine level?

Dialysis is a renal replacement, which has a quick and obvious effect in lowering high creatinine level. When more than 50% kidney function is damaged, many wastes, excess fluid and toxins will build up in the body. A sufficient dialysis in this case can lower creatinine level quickly. However, dialysis has its own limitations. It can only partly replace the functions of kidneys, as for kidney damage, dialysis will not and cannot do anything. Although dialysis is sometimes necessary, long term dialysis will delay the illness conditions and cause more severe conditions.

Nowadays Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Immunotherapy and Blood Pollution Therapy are the most effective therapy to repair kidney damage and improve kidney function. Thus, not only high creatinine level can be lowered but also further kidney damage can be prevented.