2015年11月27日星期五

Is Creatinine Level 2.8 on Blood Test Severe

Serum Creatinine is probably the most widely used measure of evaluating renal function. Creatinine is a non-protein waste product of creatine phosphate metabolism by skeletal muscle tissue. Creatinine production is continuous and is proportional to muscle mass. Some people may find they have a higher creatinine level on the routine test, so what does that mean? Is it severe?

Creatinine is freely filtered and therefore the serum creatinine level depends on the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR). Renal dysfunction diminishes the ability to filter creatinine and the serum creatinine will rise. The only important pathological condition that causes a significant increase in the serum creatinine level is damage to a large number of nephrons. The serum creatinine level does not rise until at least half of the kidney's nephrons are destroyed or damaged. A threefold increase is considered to reflect a 75% loss of kidney function.

Reference for serum creatinine:

· Adult males: 0.8 - 1.4 mg/dl

· Adult females: 0.6 - 1.1 mg/dl

· Children: 0.2 - 1.0 mg/dl

Serum creatinine will differ from country to country, because the machine used is different.

From the above mentioned, we can see that we should pay attention to serum creatinine once it becomes higher than the normal range. You should go to hospital to have a through test, find out the cause, and then take accordingly measures to treat stop the progress of the kidney damage. Or the damage will develop from little to more, and the kidney function will decline progressively, finally leading to kidney failure. In the end stage, there will be no methods or it will get difficult to control the disease condition.


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