Is Back Pain Really a Symptom for Having High Creatinine Level

2014-05-14 01:58

“My boyfriend has been complaining of back pains especially at the posterior of his ribs since January of this year, and he just had his creatinine checked last week and that’s when he knew that he has high creatinine level. Is back pain really a symptom for having high creatinine level?” This is an e-mail we received from our mail box, pkdtreatment169@gmail.com. In this article, our experts will help this patient to answer his question. If you have the same question, you can contact with our experts online, they will answer you freely.

High creatinine level in blood is an indicator of severe kidney damage and people have less than 50% kidney function. In this condition, patients have severe kidney disease. Kidneys are two bean-liked organs which are located in lower back. When the kidneys are damaged severely, patients will suffer from some obvious symptoms such as proteinuria, blood urine, swelling, high blood pressure, back pain, etc. Among them, back pain is a common symptom.

Creatinine is the waste product of muscle metabolism, which is mainly excreted by kidneys. However, if the creatinine level is higher than the normal level 0.5-1.2 mg/dl, it means the kidneys have been damaged severely, then it may cause back pain.

But not all the high creatinine level patients will cause back pain, it may depend on the type of kidney disease. So patients with high creatinine level need to first diagnose their type of kidney diseases and then find the main cause of their back pain.

If the back pain is caused by the high creatinine level, patients need to have effective treatment to lower the high creatinine level and improve their kidney function, which can help relieve the back pain for the patients.

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