Symptoms Of Patients With Elevated Creatinine
Creatinine level is a measure to judge patients’ kidney condition. When patients with kidney disease have persistent elevated creatinine, it means their kidneys have been damaged severely. Thereby, many symptoms will appear in this time.
Fatigue
Patients with elevated creatinine will often feel fatigue, which is mainly caused by anemia. Kidney has the function of excreting hemopoietin, while when patients’ kidneys are damaged, the excreted hemopoietin will reduce, so the formation of red cells will be less. Then patients will have fatigue.
Urine changes
Patients with severe kidney damage will have many changes in their urine. One is foamy urine. There are many foams on the surface of patients’ urine. They are small, but they can exist for a long time, and that is caused by proteinuria. Patients may also have abnormal urine color. Their urine color may be red, brown, tea colored, and so on. Besides, patients with elevated creatinine may have frequent urine at night.
Edema
Another common symptom in patients with elevated creatinine is edema. Patients with mild symptom may have swelling in their lower limbs or around their eyes, while to patients with severe edema, they may have edema in their lungs, enterocoelia or other parts of body.
Nausea and vomit
Nausea and vomit often appear in patients with severe kidney disease. As patients’ kidneys are damaged, many toxins accumulate in patients’ blood, and that will stimulate patients’ gastrointestinal tract, which can cause this symptom. Besides, nauseas and vomit may also be caused by the edema in patients’ gastrointestinal tract or the stimulation of ammonia which is decomposed from the urea in patients’ blood.
Hypertension
Hypertension is another common symptom in patients with severe kidney disease. Hypertension is mainly caused by the retention of sodium and water and the disorder of hormone excretion. Hypertension is a common complication of kidney disease, and it can also aggravate patients’ condition severely.
Besides, patients with elevated creatinine may also have many other symptoms, such as itch, back pain, sleep problem, metallic taste in mouth, nerve problem and concentration problem, etc.
If patients with elevated creatinine are not sure whether their symptoms are caused by their kidney disease, they should consult their doctor’s advice first, and then take measures to stop its progression. Besides, you can also consult our online experts, and we are willing to help you.
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