If Creatinine Is 1.3，Does It Mean I Have Kidney Disease

2015-07-17 01:54

Creatinine is a byproduct of muscle metabolizing, and is also used to judge kidney function in clinic. As for normal people, creatinine level is from 0.5 to 1.2. If my creatinine is 1.3, does it mean I have kidney disease?

In the first place, let’s understand the relationship of creatinine and kidney.

Kidney filters the blood, removing wastes and toxins from body through urine. This is the process of formation of urine. Creatinine is one of wastes which get eliminated with kidney filtration. Hence, if kidney has something wrong, much creatinine in blood is not eliminated from body, leading to high creatinine level. As research shows, creatinine level begins to elevate if kidney function decreases more than 50%. Creatinine 1.3 is a little higher than normal level, and it has the possibility that kidney function declines because of kidney disease.

Nevertheless, apart from kidney disease, some other factors can make creatinine level increase.

1. Muscle growing drugs can make body produce more creatinine, resulting in high creatinine level temporarily.

2. Food. The source of creatine is animal products and dairy. If people have much these food, creatinine level may increase.

Besides, creatinine level is affected by gender, different races and ages, which may all cause elevation of creatinine.

Thus, it is very important for people with creatinine 1.3 to go to see a doctor to make it clear that which exact reason causes creatinine 1.3. If unfortunately, it is kidney disease causing it. Timely and proper treatment is needed. Chinese medicine is a good option by repairing kidney damage and recovering kidney function. And a healthy diet should be set out. If you are confused about something in this article, be free to leave a message or contact online doctor.

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