A 39-year-old member asked:
High bun and bun/creatinine ratio results. what does this mean?
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Dr. Leto Quarlesanswered
Family Medicine 25 years experience
Dehydration: Is most common cause of high BUN with normal creatinine (therefore high ratio). Other causes can be high protein load in the diet, muscle injury or muscle breakdown (bun is formed by the breakdown of proteins). Whether to worry depends on how high the BUN is, and the circumstances when the test was drawn. Talk to the doctor who ordered the test for personalized interpretation.
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A 40-year-old member asked:
High bun and bun/creatinine ratio results? Dangerous?
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Dr. Quresh Khairullahanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: An elevated BUN with normal creatinine and a ratio of [generally more than 18-20] occurs most commonly in dehydrated individuals and is not a sign of kidney damage.It may also occur in in certain other conditions like bleeding in the intestines, artificial nutrition intravenously of Amino Acids and use of steroids.Your doctor determines its significance.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
What's the meaning of high bun/creatinine ratio?
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Dr. Quresh Khairullahanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: An elevated BUN with normal creatinine and a ratio of [generally more than 18-20] occurs most commonly in dehydrated individuals and is not a sign of kidney damage.It may also occur in in certain other conditions like bleeding in the intestines, artificial nutrition intravenously of Amino Acids and use of steroids.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
What does a high bun/creatinine ratio reading mean?
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Dr. Quresh Khairullahanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 44 years experience
See below: An elevated BUN with normal creatinine and a ratio of [generally more than 18-20] occurs most commonly in dehydrated individuals and is not a sign of kidney damage.It may also occur in in certain other conditions like bleeding in the intestines, artificial nutrition intravenously of Amino Acids and use of steroids.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
What does bun/creatinine ratio of 29 mean?
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Dr. James Cainanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 38 years experience
depends: The 'normal' ratio is 10:1, this will increase if you become volume depleted. Steroids, high protein diet , gastrointestinal bleeding and renal failure can raise the ratio.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
Bun/creatinine ratio 23 what does this mean?
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Dr. Jack Rubinanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 50 years experience
BUN-creatinine ratio: The BUN (b)-creatinine (c) ratio is the association with b and c. If your b/c was 20, you would have a b of 20 and a c of 1 in your blood. In your case, you could have had a b of 23 and a c of 1.
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