How to Lower Creatinine Level 4.8

You will be clinically suggested to start dialysis or kidney transplant when your creatinine level increase to 4.8. However, as a matter of fact, many patients do not start dialysis until their life is really threatened. Therefore, many patients may fell confused and wonder whether dialysis is really needed with creatinine level 4.8. Here is the explanation.

Why is dialysis needed when creatinine level is 4.8?

Actually creatinine level is a medical index used to reflecting kidney function and toxin level in the blood. Creatinine is one of the wastes that produced by our body and normally excreted by our kidneys. Damaged kidneys fail to discharge wastes, so these wastes build up in the blood. Creatinine level is just a index that can help to know whether there are high levels of toxins in the blood. According to clinical study, when creatinine level increases to 4.8, our internal organs will be seriously threatened. This is the explanation why dialysis is needed when creatinine level increases to 4.8.

How to lower creatinine level 4.8?

Dialysis is a medical method that clear creatinine and some other wastes away from the blood directly. It shows quick effects in lowering creatinine level, but as it has nothing to do with failed kidney, creatinine level increases again after dialysis. Also this is the reason why kidney failure patients need to do dialysis regularly.

At present, there is no cure for kidney failure, but with early diagnosis and timely, kidney failure can be avoided effectively. Kidneys have strong compensatory function which means mild kidney damages cause no influence on our life at all. Therefore, if we can stop kidney problem effectively and timely, kidney failure will be avoided and also dialysis will not be needed to lower creatinine level. For people with already increased creatinine level, aside from dialysis, recovering kidney function is another method to lower creatinine level, but this is only effective for people who have a certain kidney function.

In a word, creatinine 4.8 indicates there are high levels of toxins in the blood and if patients want to have a poor prognosis, cleaning blood is essential.