What Are The Signs And Symptoms Of Increase In Creatinine And Urea
Many peoples know creatinine and urea are wastes to our body. If patients have increase in creatinine and urea, it may mean their kidneys have problems. In fact, the levels of creatinine and urea are often used to check patients’ kidney condition in medicine. Thereby, what are the symptoms of increase in creatinine and urea?
Why do creatinine and urea increase?
Creatinine is the metabolic production of muscles, and urea is the metabolic production of protein. They are harmful to body health, so they will be excreted out by our kidneys. While to patients with kidney disease, their kidneys are damaged, so they can not excrete these substances out normally. It is worth mentioning that kidney has strong compensation, so the levels of creatinine and urea in blood are not easy to increase continuously until more than half kidney function has been damaged.
Besides, if people have large amount of exercise or eat meat, their creatinine level will also have temporary increase. If people take lots of proteins, they will also have temporary increase in their urea level. But these conditions can not cause any symptoms.
What are the symptoms of increase in creatinine and urea?
If the increase of creatinine and urea is caused by kidney damage, it means patients’ condition has already been severe, and patients will have many symptoms in this time.
Foamy urine is a common symptom to patient with severe kidney damage, and this is because there are large amount of proteins in their urine. Patients may find there are lots of small foams on their urine’s surface, and these foams can exist for a long time. Besides, there are many other changes in their urine, like colored urine, frequent urine at night.
Fatigue is another symptom that often appears in patients with high creatinine and urea, and this is mainly caused by anemia. Because kidney can excrete hemopoietin, damaged kidney will cause the shortage of red cells, and this will cause the shortage of oxygen that should be supplied to body cells, so patients will feel tired.
Patients with high creatinine and urea will often have nausea and vomit. Because there are lots of harmful wastes accumulating in patients’ blood, these substances will irritate and damage patients’ gastrointestinal system. Thereby, patients may have nausea and vomit.
Besides, patients may have many other symptoms like back pain around kidneys, loss of appetite, bad concentration ability, itch, etc.
If patients with high creatinine and urea level have these symptoms, it may mean patients already have severe kidney damage, so people should find a kidney doctor in time. Besides, it is very important for patients with severe kidney damage to keep good emotion and positive attitude, and that can help them improve their condition effectively.
