Dear Dave, The normal upper limit of the creatinine is 1.2 so yours is rising. Here is a good website on creatinine. Basically, creatinine levels in the blood can predict how well your kidney is functioning, if it is too high, the kidney has a problem. However, as said in the website, for a look at kidney funtion, doctors should also do a blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test and measure the ratio of BUN/creatinine. So, more investigations have to be done. As you can see, dehydration can give rise to higher creatinine levels as well.
http://www.webmd.com/hw/lab_tests/hw4322.asp I note that you say you have high blood pressure but did not take the meds. Uncontrolled blood pressure can be hard on the kidneys. My Mom suffers from high blood pressure and she had to change her meds to see which one suited her, this can happen. If you cannot tolerate one BP med, inform your doc about the side-effects so he can change you to another but controlling of BP is needed otherwise other organs will be affected. See website below. http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/pubs/highblood/ Also, once you are on the BP meds, some can affect creatinine so the docs were always measuring my Mom's creatinine and potassium levels.(especially if a diuretic is additionally prescribed to control BP). I do not think you are in big trouble but you need to investigate with your doctor what is giving creatinine elevation, explore other kidney function test results to see how well your kidney is functioning and also please see that your BP is controlled. Having high blood pressure can give rise to a host of problems, if you cannot tolerate one med, tell your doc and he will change meds. My Mom had to change meds so many times to find out the ones that suited her. Please let us know how you do. Best Wishes, Anjana caregiver to Roy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
