Causes For High Serum Creatinine Level in Kidney Disease

Why do kidney disease patients have elevated serum creatinine level? Serum creatinine level refers to high level of creatinine in blood. Creatinine is the metabolic produce of meat, including muscles and meat we eat through our diet. Generally speaking, per 201gram of muscle metabolism can produce 1mg creatinine. For kidney disease patients, high serum creatinine is the common characteristic of them.
Normally, creatinine is filtered and discharged by glomerulus which is an important part of our kidney. There are tens and thousands of glomeruli in our kidney. In early stage of kidney disease, only a small group of glopmeruli are damaged, and under such a condition, excess creatinine can be discharged by other healthy glomeruli. This is the reason why early stage kidney problem causes no symptoms.However, if kidney problem left uncontrolled, more and more kidney tissues will be damaged gradually and when a half of glomeruli are damaed, excess creatinine build up in blood, leading to high serum creatinine level.
Normal serum creatinine level for male is 79.6-132.6umol/L, 70.7-106.1umol/L for female and 26.5-62.0umol/L for children. For kidney disease patients, elevated creatinine level not only means serious kidney damages, but also implies there is high levels of toxins in blood. Therefore, improving kidney function is very important for kidney disease patients with high level of creatinine to protect their other organs from being affected.
In clinic, many methods can be used to lower creatinine level.If you happen to be a kidney disease patient and want to learn the detailed information about how to lower creatinine level, you can email me or consult our consultant online directly.