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How can cortisol/creatinine be high one week and normal the next. week one: cortisol 109 creatinine 4500 week two cortisol 16 creatinine 1100?

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Dr. Victor Bonuel answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

The elevated levels: On the first week may be due to dehydration, medical illness, viral/bacterial infection, stress etc. And these likely resolved and reversed with normalization of values. Best wishes!

Dr Paudel agreed

Answered 4/21/2014

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