What Are The reasons for Elevated Blood Creatinine

2015-10-21 02:54

This time we introduce the reasons for elevated blood creatinine for you. Any factor which can affect kidney function can make creatinine level increase. And elevation of creatinine can be long term or short term. Now please see the below details:

1. reasons for long term elevation of creatinine

high blood pressure

diabetes

These are leading causes of high creatinine level for people.

2. causes of short term elevation of creatinine

Some medicines can contribute to elevation of creatinine, such as bactrim.

Animal food contains much creatine which can be decomposed into ceatinine, hence, creatinine may be increasing due to eating much food high in creatine.

Kidney infection, rhabdomyolysis and urinary tract infection is likely to affect kidney function, leading to high creatinine level.

Short term elevation of creatinine level is much easier to get treated compared with long term one, but it also can reoccur more frequently.

Creatinine level is always used to be an indicator of kidney function in clinic, thus people should pay attention to creatinine level in life, if you have increased level which is higher than 1.2mg/dl, maybe kidney disease you have developed. More or any question, welcome to leave a message or contact online doctors anytime. Reply will be given very soon for you.

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