What Is the Creatinine Level for Dialysis

Serum creatinine level is an important indicator that reflect how well kidneys are working. If one person’s creatinine level is much higher than the normal, he may have to start dialysis. However, what is the creatinine level for dialysis?

Creatinine is a waste of muscle metabolism and discharged from the body through the kidney, so the healthy people’s creatinine level usually ranges from 0.5mg/dl to 1.2mg/dl. Generally, serum creatinine level doesn’t raise higher than the normal unless more than 50% kidney function has lost. The more kidney function loses, the higher serum creatinine level.

In the clinical, the average level that kidney disease patients begin dialysis is approximately 5.0mg/dl, but this value changes along with patients’ specific condition. For people only with high creatinine level, they can delay the exact time of beginning dialysis. However, if they have severe complications, they have to begin dialysis even though their creatinine level is much lower than 5.0mg/dl.

In light of the above analysis, we can know it is possible for kidney disease patients to avoid their dialysis or at least delay their dialysis. Kidney function improvement and complication can be helpful.

High blood pressure and proteinuria are two biggest risks of further kidney damage, so controlling these two complications timely and effectively has a significant meaning for the following treatment. Correct medicines, combining with a low-sodium and low-protein diet can help lower high blood pressure and ease proteinuria successfully.

As for kidney function improvement, individuals with kidney disease have a great difference in treatment needed. At present, some herbal remedies such as Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy and Immunotherapy are able to help increase patients’ kidney function through repairing damaged kidney tissues and improving the regeneration of new tissues. However, patients should choose correct treatment according to their own condition.