Creatinine Level in Blood Is 2.5 What Does This Mean

What does creatinine level 2.5 mean? Is it dangerous? Read on to learn about creatinine level in blood.
What does creatinine level 2.5 mean? Is it dangerous? Read on to learn about creatinine level in blood.
Creatinine has been described as the oil of the muscle engine that makes the muscle work more efficiently. It is a break-down product of creatine phosphate in muscle, and is usually produced at a fairly constant rate by the body (depending on muscle mass). Creatinine will be excreted through urine after filtration by kidneys. If the kidney filtration function is damaged, creatinine can not be excreted and stay in blood. creatinine level in blood will increase and cause problems.
Serum creatinine (creatinine in blood)
Measuring serum creatinine is a simple test and it is the most commonly used indicator of renal function, in another word, abnormal creatinine level in blood (higher than normal level) usually indicates kidney diseases (high creatinine level can be caused by many other reasons, not all of which are diseases)
There are five stages of kidney disease and creatinine level changes in different stages.
In Stage 1 & 2, the creatinine level is <133umol/l (<1.5mg/dl) and generally there is no symptom.
In Stage 3, the creatinine level is 133~221 (1.5-2.5). Patients will have tiredness, anemia and frequent night urine.
In Stage 4, the creatinine level is 221~442 (2.5-5.0). In this stage, there will be obvious anemia, nausea, vomiting, metabolic acidosis and electrolytes disorder.
In stage 5, the creatinine level is >442 (>5.0). There will be obvious symptoms of uremia such as severe anemia, digestive tract symptoms, nervous symptoms, water, electrolytes and acid-base imbalance.

Hence creatinine level 2.5 in blood is in stage 4 of kidney disease if you have ruled out other causes of high creatinine level in blood. it is a stage that treatment is needed as soon as possible to avoid end-stage kidney disease-renal failure, which requires dialysis or kidney transplantation or stem cells transplant.