Is A 6.9 Creatinine Level Bad Enough To Need Dialysis

2015-05-20 11:17

We all know dialysis is the most common way used to lower high creatinine level. Creatinine level 6.9 is extremely higher than the normal range. Well, is a 6.9 creatinine level bad enough to begin dialysis.

Theoretically dialysis is recommended to kidney failure patients when creatinine level increases to 5mg/dl. Creatinine is one of the wastes in our body and should be discharged by kidneys. For kidney disease patients, damaged kidneys cannot bear heavy burden and fail to discharge excess creatinine. As a result, high creatinine level occurs.

When kidneys fail to discharge creatinine, they cannot discharge other wastes as well. This is why we say high creatinine level indicates there are a lots of toxins in patients’ blood. But creatinine alone cannot determine dialysis. There are many other factors that need to be taken into account. Not everyone with creatinine level higher than 5 needs to start dialysis immediately. Even if creatinine level is higher than 5, as long as they have no serious complications like nausea, vomiting, itchy skin and heart failure, they can live without dialysis.

From the above, we cannot say it is a must for a 6.9 creatinine level patient to start dialysis. If you want to get rid of dialysis completely, you should improve your own kidney function.

For a kidney disease patient, there are dead, injured and healthy kidney cells. For the dead kidney cells, they cannot be repaired so we cannot recover kidney function to 100 percent. As for injured kidney cells, they can be repaired by increasing their self-repairing ability.

Chinese medicines can repair kidney damage and improve renal function by dilating blood vessels, preventing inflammation and coagulation, degrading extracellular matrix and providing nutrients for damaged kidneys. All these contribute to repair injured kidney intrinsic cells and improve their self-repairing ability.

Is a 6.9 creatinine level bad enough to need dialysis? The above has given you the answer. If you still have any doubt, you can leave a message below or consult our online doctor directly. We will reply you as soon as possible.

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