what does it mean if your creatinine level is too high 1.16 and your bun/creatinine ratio is very low at a 5?

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What does it mean low creatinine levels and high bun creatinine ratio?

Answer 1

Why do you ask?: Labs mean nothing in the absence of a clinical history. You might be a vegan bodybuilder. When I was lifting weights every day, my creatinine ran 1.6-1.8. The fellow-pathologists with whom I've discussed it think that reports generated by labs are causing overdiagnosis of renal disease (it's subscience -- "there's an adjustment for race because black people are more muscular.")

Answer 2

Depends: on many features but let us start with HOW abnormal it it is. Generally labs have normal creatinine values of 08. to 1.1. Yours is within 10% of normal. Variation of level based on race/gender/hydration are higher than this, so... not much importance.

Answer 3

Normal: 1.16 is normal. Ratio low is judged in the context of a clinical situation.

Answer 4

See below: Creatinine is a blood test, the level helps to calculate GFR glomerular fitration rate, which in turn helps determine level of kidney function. One can have reduced GFR ie loss of kidney function and still make urine.So the blood test is important.

Answer 5

?kidney disease: Acute elevation can be due to acute kidney injury, rhabdomyolysis( muscle breakdown), some drugs like trimethoprim may interfere with creatinine excretion and may elevate. Chronic elevation can be due to chronic kidney disease.

Answer 6

Renal impairment: Creatinine is a waste product of muscle metabolism that is removed from the blood by the kidneys and eliminated via the urine. Higher than normal levels indicate reduced ability to clean (clear) the blood, as in kidney disease or increased production of creatinine (as in muscle damage). Low levels are present with good renal function and low muscle mass.

Answer 7

Yes: Elevated creatinine level could mean renal insufficiency, with or without crp.

Answer 8

Yes and no: Creatinine = 5 suggests fairly advanced kidney insufficiency. CRP is a marker or measure of inflammation (many things including insuffisance reinale can cause that); a level of 77 is high suggesting active inflammation.

Answer 9

CRETININE LEVEL: Creatinine level of 1.3 which is constant over two years is no big problem but i want to know if you have an undrlying kodney or other diseaselike diabetes, hypertension.Do you have protein in your urine and if your GFR is more then60.If all that is negative you do not have to worry and have it checked once a year.You are young and do not worry.

Answer 10

Consult your doctor: You did not provide your gender and race which are needed to calculate an estimated glomerular filtration rate, a better indicator of renal function than creatinine alone. I entered you as a non-african ameican male and got a value of 73, which is less than desirable though not too bad. Consult your doctor for a fuller evaluation of your kidney function.

Answer 11

Kidney function: Creatinine clearance is a calculation that serves as a measure of kidney function. There are 5 stages of kidney disease before end-stage. The stage guides treatment and allows the doctor to monitor changes over time.

Answer 12

Kdney function: A measure of your kidneys ability to clear waste products from the blood stream. It is calculated from your Creatinine level and takes your age, sex and weight into account.

Answer 13

Probably 82565: The cpt code for serum creatinine is probably 82565. Cpt codes are just numbers for billing insurance companies, and have no helpful effects on one's health.

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