Do I Need To See A Specialist If My Creatinine Is 1.5
Do I need to see a specialist if my creatinine is 1.5? Patients with kidney disease may have this question. In fact, that depends on patients’ condition.
The normal creatinine level in man is 0.6~1.2ml/min, and it is 0.5~1.1ml/min in woman. Creatinine is the production of muscles, and it may be produced by patients’ muscles, and it can also be decomposed by the meat patients eat. For our health, creatinine is a waste, and almost all creatinine will be excreted out by urine in the same day, so the creatinine level in our blood can change in a stable range.
Thereby, people will have high creatinine level if they just have drastic exercise, or if they just have eat much meat. While in these condition, people may not need to see a specialist.
While to patients who have kidney disease, if their creatinine level is 1.5, especially when they have persistently high creatinine, they may face another condition, which is very serious.
Our kidneys have strong compensation. In our kidneys, the well part can replace the damaged part to complete their work. What’s more, if only more than half kidney function is normal, our kidneys will be able to do their work well. As a result, we can learn that our creatinine level can not indicate our kidney condition exactly when patients are in the early stage of kidney disease.
Thereby, if patients with kidney disease have persistently high creatinine level, it may mean that they already have severe kidney damage. Patients in this condition may have not felt any symptom in their body, while in fact, patients with high creatinine will not have any obvious symptom until their damaged kidney function is more than three fourths.
Certainly, patients in this condition should see a specialist as soon as possible. They need to consult the doctor’s advices on their diet and life habits, and they should also cooperate their treatment positively.
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