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A member asked:
Can a lab go back to your sample and determine what muscle was injured after your results say your creatine kinase was very high?
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Not possible: There's no way to do that. The only way to know is by symptoms (muscle tenderness etc) and/or the specific muscles that were stressed during the activity that caused the problem.
Answered 4/1/2019
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No: Creatinine kinase is a non specific indicator somewhat like fever is to an infection. Fever levels go up when there is infection & creatinine kinase goes up for muscle cell breakdown. Other symptoms /findings must be used to find out where/why the elevation occurs.
Answered 4/1/2019
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No: It is not possible. That lab value is a non specific indicator.
Answered 4/1/2019
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