How to Reduce High Creatinine Level at 4

Though in some cases high creatinine can be due to some physiological factors such as dehydration or over-tiredness, high creatinine level at 4 or even higher usually indicates kidney damages and kidney dysfunctions because creatinine 4 has been far higher than the normal value---0.5-1.0 for women and 0.7-1.2 for men.

Creatinine level can reflect kidney filtration ability and there must be many other wasteful products and toxins in the patients’ body besides excessive creatinine such as urea nitrogen, therefore it is necessary to know how to effectively reduce creatinine 4 and protect kidney functions.

Diets for high creatinine 4

A vegetable-based diet is good for controlling high creatinine. One source of creatinine is the meat products that we eat, therefore eating less meat especially red meats and have more fresh vegetables and fruits are good for reducing high creatinine.

Another important aspect regarding proper diet for high creatinine is low-protein. Low-protein diet can reduce nitrogenous wastes and toxins so as to help much reduce burdens to the kidneys and slow down worsening of kidney functions.

Besides, high creatinine at the level of 4 needs to limit the intake of salt, potassium, phosphorus and the water intake should also be limited if patients have edema and high blood pressure. All these help reduce building up of these substances in the blood steam and reduce burdens to the kidneys so as to prevent further increase of creatinine level.

Physical exercises

With high creatinine level of 4, patients need to avoid strenuous activities or over-tiredness to reduce breakdown of muscles which is the main source of creatinine in the blood.

And for some athletes and body-builders, if you are taking creatine or other creatine-containing supplements, you need to gradually reduce its dosage and in the end taking none.

Controlling your high blood pressure and high blood sugar.

If you are developing hypertension or diabetes, it is very necessary to bring them well under control so as to avoid further renal damages and stabilize current illness conditions.

Effective treatments for kidney damages.

Find out the fundamental cause of kidney damages for example high blood pressure, diabetes or infections and seek timely measures to first bring the underlying pathogenesis under control so as to prevent further worsening of kidney damages. Then timely treatments should be sought to repair damaged renal tissues or renal damages will become irreversible and it will be very difficulty to recover the lost kidney functions.

Dialysis and kidney transplantation usually will not be offered for creatinine level of 4, for current illness conditions, herbal medicines and immunotherapy are good choices

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