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On a metabolic workup, what does a low bun/creatinine ratio reading mean?

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Dr. Peter Kurzweil answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Maybe, kidney diseas: In prior answers, explained bun, creatinine, normal ratio, and high ratio. Low ratio means that the BUN is likely low or normal with relation to the creatinine, indicating that there is adequate blood or volume flowing to the kidneys, but the kidneys are impaired or disease in some way. Need a nephrologist - kidney specialist.

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Answered 3/25/2023

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What does it mean if your bun/creatinine ratio is high and your creatinine serum is low?

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I have autoimmune gastritis. BUN is low at 5. Creatinine is normal at 1.07. The ratio is low at 4.67. What does this mean? I eat well. What should I ask my dr to check? What can cause these numbers? Im also B12, D, and iron deficient?

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Wondering what this all means My 3.7 year old Blood tests says Urea Nitrogen 16 is high with standard of 3-12 Bun creatinine ratio is 48 standard is 6-22 Creatinine is .33 which it says in standard range which is 0.20- 0.73 Globulin was low 1.9?

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Does this mean kidney disease? Any reason for co cern? High creatinine low egfr normal bun

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