Can High Creatinine Level Be Controlled by Medicines In PKD

2014-08-15 03:45

High creatinine level in blood is the number one concern for kidney disease patients, including PKD patients, as it reflects how well the kidney functions. For PKD patients, if their high creatinine level can not be reduced successfully, dialysis or kidney transplant will be required. Well, can high creatinine level be controlled by taking medicines? What can they do to get their creatinine level down, so that they can avoid dialysis and kidney transplant?

Can high creatinine level be controlled by medicines?

In PKD, high creatinine level is resulted from impairment of kidney function. Kidney is responsible for excreting excess creatinine in the blood, so with the decline of kidney condition, creatinine level in blood becomes higher and higher. Improving kidney function is the fundamental way to control high creatinine level. Ketosteril is a medicine that can be used by PKD patients to deal with high creatinine level. It is usually used by PKD patients whose GFR is lower than 25 and also the usage of this medicine is always accompanied with low-protein intake (less than 40g of protein a day). In additional, although ketosteril is helpful in lowering creatinine level in some cases of PKD, it can not cure kidney problem and permanently solve high creatinine problem.

What can PKD patients do to lower creatinine level, so as to avoid dialysis and kidney transplant?

As we have mentioned above, elevation of serum creatinine level is resulted from impairment of kidney function, so as long as kidney condition is improved, creatinine level goes down naturally. For PKD patients, to have their kidney function improved, the following measures are needed:

1. A kidney-friendly diet

A kidney-friendly diet helps to reduce kidney burden, which is very important for the recovery of kidney condition. In PKD, a kidney-friendly diet refers to low-protein diet, low-salt diet, high-vitamin diet and high-fiber diet. Also, avoiding smoking and drinking alcohol are also necessary.

2. Treatment for PKD

Kidney function keeps declining if further kidney damages can not be avoided. In cases of PKD, kidney tissues are injured due to large cysts in kidney, so as long as large kidney cysts are shrunk or removed, further kidney damages are prevented. Surgery is a way to remove large cyst in kidney, but it only treats one or two cysts at one time. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is another way to deal with cysts in kidney. It shrinks all the cysts at one time, but compared with surgery, it works slowly. PKD patients can choose the right one according to their specific illness condition.

Lastly, high creatinine level in blood is just a condition resulted from decline of kidney function. For PKD patients, instead of lowering creatinine level, improving kidney function should be their ultimate goal.

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