Will One Die With High Creatinine 8.5 With No Dialysis

Reference value of serum creatinine is 0.5-1.3mg/dL or 44-106umol/L. Creatinine 8.5 is a much higher level, which means there are high levels of creatinine which should have been removed by kidneys. Generally speaking, dialysis or kidney transplant is needed for life safety when creatinine level in blood becomes higher than 6. Well, for an individual with creatinine 8.5, will he die if he refuses to do dialysis?

Creatinine level 8.5 is a very dangerous condition, and patients with such a high level run high risk for serious complications like cardiovascular disease if they refuse to do dialysis and meanwhile fail to find a proper donor.

High serum creatinine level is dangerous because it means high levels of toxins in blood. Creatinine is a waste product that can pass through kidney freely while flowing through kidney with blood, so in normal condition, excess creatinine  get out of our body through kidney. When kidneys are damaged, they can only filter less blood in unit time. Under such a condition, creatinine distributed in blood can not be removed out of the body timely and as a result, serum creatinine level increases. Creatinine is just one of the wastes that need to be cleared away from blood by kidneys, so elevation of creatinine level means kidneys can not cleanse blood well. In such a case, lots of toxins will build up in blood.

Creatinine 8.5 is a very high level, which not only means poor kidney function, but also signifies high levels of toxins. These toxic substances circulate with blood and may damage any part of our body, thus, dialysis is needed to protect other internal organs in such a case.

Due to different causes of kidney damages as well as different physical condition, people with creatinine 8.5 suffer differently. Some of them may experience no different symptoms, while some others may suffer a lot like nausea, vomiting, skin itching, swelling, hard breath, etc.

All in all, we need to take some measures to make sure our safety when creatinine level becomes as high 8.5. If we can not accept dialysis and meanwhile fail to find a matched kidney, we can try Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy which can not cure chronic kidney failure, but can reverse illness back to a relatively mild stage.