People who have IgA Nephropathy may have heard their nephrologist or nurse talk about creatinine. So what is creatinine exactly? It is a chemical waste product in the blood that passes through the kidneys to be filtered and eliminated in urine. The chemical waste is a by-product of normal muscle contractions. Creatinine is made from creatine, a supplier of energy to the muscle.
Women usually have lower levels compared to men, because women have less muscle tissue. Among adults without kidney disease, men have approximately 0.6 to 1.2 milligrams/deciliters (mg/dL), whereas women have between 0.5 to 1.1 mg/dL.
Creatinine in the bloodstream is usually checked with regular tests. There are a few tests which are specifically for creatinine measurement to help determine kidney function.
It is a blood test that is commonly performed as part of a physical examination if have blood work done. Blood is drawn and sent to a lab to be analyzed to find out how much creatinine is in the bloodstream.
Why does creatinine level rise high?
IgA nephropathy is always considered as a slight illness that would not lead to serious problems. People usually do not pay more attention on treatment. However, it is just this disease that hurt kidney tissues and more and more glomeruli cannot work due to furious inflammation in kidneys. Creatinine level in blood is just one index to estimate the GFR (glomeruli filtration rate). It also tells people how high the toxic substances deposit in kidneys.
Specialist treatment
Immunotherapy is used for IgA nephropathy treatment. It focuses on the anti-inflammation and kidney tissues repair in order to improve GFR. Among the therapies of immunotherapy, immune regulation and immune protection are essential for IgA nephropathy. Immune regulation makes full use of Chinese herbs to turn the function of organs and tissues to normal in order to improve the immunity. When people's innate immunity system is recovered, IgA and inflammation can be removed. Furthermore, immune protection adopts the nourishing Chinese medicine which can provide kidney tissues more blood and oxygen. Thereby cells are promoted to be repaired rapidly.
In this way, the repaired kidney tissues recover it former function, so GFR is greatly improved. When the body metabolism keeps balance and toxins are removed, creatinine level certainly remains in normal range.
Once your creatinine level runs out of normal range, almost 50% of kidney tissues are dead. It is hopeful that you also can lead to a normal range by holding the left 50% of kidney tissues. Before the causes of IgA Nephropathy are unknown, it is achievable to prevent the IgA depositing in the kidneys. However, not every therapy can help you to achieve this good effect.
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