What Should I Do to Lower High Creatinine Level in Kidney Failure

2014-09-18 02:00

What should I do to lower high creatinine level in kidney failure? This should be a common question for all the kidney failure patients when they suffer from high creatinine level in blood. In this article, we will help get the treatment to lower the high creatinine level. If you still have any questions after reading, you can ask the online doctor, or you can send e-mail to pkdtreatment169@gmail.com.

What does high creatinine level mean in kidney failure?

Creatinine is the waste product of muscle metabolism in blood, and it is mainly excreted by kidneys. When the kidneys are damaged severely, the creatinine will be failed to excrete out, which will cause the elevated creatinine level in blood (normal level 0.5-1.2 mg/dl). Kidney failure means the gradually reduction of kidney function for patients. When there are less than 50% kidney function in kidney failure, patients will suffer from high creatinine level. So we can know, high creatinine level indicate a severe condition for kidney failure patients, and they need to have effective treatment as early as possible.

What should I do to lower high creatinine level in kidney failure?

1. Treat the basic cause of kidney failure such as hypertension or diabetes

Since kidney failure patients can be caused by many factors, so patients need to first control the main cause, which can help prevent the further damage to kidneys. Hypertension and diabetes are two common leading causes of kidney failure, so kidney failure patients need to first control their high blood pressure or high blood sugar, which can help protect their kidney function and prevent the increase of creatinine level in blood.

2. Stop creatine supplements and avoid strenuous exercises

Since the creatine supplements intake and strenuous exercises will cause the increase of creatinine in blood, so kidney failure patients need to stop the creatine supplements and avoid strenuous exercises.

3. Keep a well planed diet

Diet plays an important role in kidney failure patients, so patients need to keep a kidney-friendly diet. First they need to avoid the meat intake with the high creatinine level. Because the meat metabolism in blood is creatinine, which can also increase the serum creatinine.

4. Dialysis

Dialysis is the most common treatment for kidney failure patients when their creatinine level is higher than 5, and dialysis can help remove the toxins and wastes out from blood, which can help lower the high creatinine level.

5. Chinese herbal teas

Some Chinese herbal teas can also help lower the high creatinine level. The common herbal teas such as dandelion root tea, nettle tea, corn silk tea, etc, all these can help increase the urine output, and it can help remove the creatinine into urine.

Above are the treatment for kidney failure patients to help lower the high creatinine level. Once the creatinine level can be lowered effectively, it will slow down the progression of kidney failure and make a good prognosis for them.

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