Why Do I Need Serum Creatinine Test for UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)

2015-09-21 09:25

I have urinary tract infection, and doctors also let me do serum creatinine test, which makes me very confused. So why do I need that test? Here we will explain relations between creatinine test and UTI in detail.

Urinary tract infection is a potential factor which can lead to kidney damage. In this way, kidney disease can be resulted in by UTI. Creatinine level is used to judge how well kidney works. Normal creatinine level is 0.5-1.2 mg/dl. If creatinine level is higher than this range, your kidney is very likely to be failed, and kidney failure has occurred on you.

Hence, doctors let UTI patients to do creatinine test, which aims at if kidney problems appears or not. In addition, GFR and protein in urine are also used to know conditions of kidney function. Kidney disease can have the below symptoms in life:

Swelling

Anemia

High blood pressure

Back pain

Fatigue and weakness

Protein in urine and blood in urine

Urine changes and urination more or less

In turn, kidney disease can also lead to urinary tract infection. Large toxins and wastes build up in body because kidney has great difficulty removing them through urine. In this way, urinary tract can have infection, resulting in UTI.

Patients with UTI should notice highly to prevent kidney disease in life. Chinese medicine can prevent inflammation and infection and help improve kidney condition well, which can prevent kidney failure effectively for UTI patients. Besides, patients with UTI need have a healthy diet which is also friendly to kidney very well, and low salt and low protein meals are needed.

Creatinine test is very common in the world to help judge how well kidney function is. In general, after kidney function is lost more than 50%, creatinine level will elevate. This is because one kidney can work as well as two, which is called compensatory property. More and any question, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctor anytime.

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