What if Creatinine is 6.7 and the Patient Feels Very Weak

Serum creatinine is a test to measure how well the kidneys work. If a person has serum creatinine 6.7 and often feels very weak, it could be sign that the illness condition is deteriorating and the patient may want further laboratory tests and necessary treatment/dietary modifications to improve the health status.

It will be good if a person with creatinine 6.7 doesn’t any symptoms of vomiting, nausea or dizziness so far, but when the creatine change to 6.7 then those symptoms may occur. Kidney disease is different from others since its symptoms always lag for the pathological changes, so when obvious symptoms are present, the illness condition has developed to advanced stages. It is the same as the tree, when the root is damaged, maybe the leaves are still green, but when the leaves change yellow, the root has damaged very serious. When a patient experiences nausea, then he may have to do dialysis. That’s why a patient with kidney disease is suggested to do treatment when the illness condition is still stable.

If a person with high creatinine often feels very tired, it can be due to two reasons. Firstly, too many toxins stay in his body, so he is very weak. Secondly, he has the anemia, which is a common complication of the kidney disease. We know the kidney can secrete enough EPO to produce the red blood, but when the kidney be damaged, it can not secrete the sufficient EPO, so he will have the anemia, What is more, the toxins will inhibit bone marrow producing the blood, thus he always short of red blood cells.

The kidneys can compensate mild kidney damage, so creatinine doesn’t increase at once when kidney disease occurs. Kidney function has halved when creatinine increases. Some medicines may be prescribed to treat the anemia in the patients. Creatinine and anemia are both resulting symptoms from scarred kidneys. Anemia means low hemoglobin which can reduce oxygen supplement to heart and cause heart diseases. High creatinine with many toxins as such in the body can cause problems such as itchy skin, metallic taste, etc. A patient with creatinine 6.7 and weakness is suggested combination of western medicine and Chinese medicines to control the symptoms and improve kidneys so that the illness condition will be finally under control.