What is the dangerous level of creatinine for kidney? It is a question put
forward for kidney damage patients. We can explain it from the following
aspects.
1. what is creatinine
Creatinine is small molecule which is waste or metabolism final product of
muscles. Generally, the normal range of serum creatinine is 44 to 103 umol/L. We
can also say the normal range is 0.5 to 1.2 mg/ dL. In other words, we can use
different ways or units to express the level of creatinine. The rate between
them is 88.4. For example, if a person’s creatinine is 1.0 mg/ dL, we can also
say that the level is 88.4 umol/L.
2. which level of creatinine is dangerous
As we mentioned in the above, creatinine is metabolism final product and
should be filtered out of the body into urine. Long time high serum creatinine
will of course lead to damage to the body. It indeed has a critical point, which
means that when it arrives at this point, kidney disease patients will be
suggested to undergo dialysis.
Generally, different countries and different types of kidney diseases have
specific dialysis standard. For example, in China, the majority of kidney
failure patients take dialysis when the serum creatinine is 707 umol/L. In most
countries, kidney failures start to undergo dialysis as soon as the creatinine
rises to 445 umol/L. In addition, patients with diabetes or diabetic kidney
disease( diabetic nephropathy) take dialysis when the creatinine is 300umol/L.
Why? For diabetic kidney disease patients, the damage of other organs takes
place much earlier and more serious and much more than those with other kidney
diseases such as damage in cardiovascular system, a main leading cause of death,
peripheral vascular disease, peripheral nerve damage, autonomic neuropathy
damage, retinopathy and guts and stomach lesion, etc.
The above is about the dangerous level of creatinine. For more information,
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