The kidneys maintain the blood creatinine in a normal range. Creatinine has been found to be a fairly reliable indicator of kidney function. As the kidneys become impaired for any reason, the creatinine level in the blood will rise due to poor clearance by the kidneys. Abnormally high levels of creatinine thus warn of possible malfunction or failure of the kidneys. It is for this reason that standard blood tests routinely check the amount of creatinine in the blood. A more precise measure of the kidney function can be estimated by calculating how much creatinine is cleared from the body by the kidneys and it is referred to creatinine clearance.
The typical reference ranges are 0.5 to 1.0 mg/dL (about 45-90 μmol/l) for women and 0.7 to 1.2 mg/dL (60-110 μmol/l) for men. In most of the countries, creatinine is typically reported in mg/dL, while in Canada and Europe μmol/litre may be used. 1 mg/dL of creatinine is 88.4 μmol/l1. The creatinine level is a very important reference for kidney disease. While a baseline serum creatinine of 2.0 mg/dL (150 μmol/l) may indicate normal kidney function in a male body builder, a serum creatinine of 0.7 mg/dL (60 μmol/l) can indicate significant renal disease in a frail old woman.
It is very important to choose right treatment for abnormal creatinine level. So, if people find out their creatinine level is high, they should go to hospital first to find out what the cause is, then, receive a standard treatment. Traditional treatment for abnormal creatinine may be medicines or method which aims at the symptoms to treat. So, the disease is easy to relapse. We suggest you to adopt combined therapy of Chinese and Western medicine, namely Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy.
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