My creatinine is 4.9, can it be reduced?

[akd_1130]

[gangadharan_nair]

A normal result of serum creatinine is 0.7 to 1.3 mg/dL for men and 0.6 to 1.1 mg/dL for women.

Higher than normal levels may be due to:--

* Acute tubular necrosis

* Dehydration

* Diabetic nephropathy

* Eclampsia (a condition of pregnancy that includes seizures)

* Glomerulonephritis

* Kidney failure

* Muscular dystrophy

* Preeclampsia (pregnancy-induced hypertension)

* Pyelonephritis

* Reduced kidney blood flow (shock, congestive heart failure)

* Rhabdomyolysis

* Urinary tract obstruction

Consult a Nephrologist. The cause of elevated serum creatinine should be found out and treated.

Sources:--

nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/enc...

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creat...