creatinine 5.1 is much higher than the normal range and it means that patients already have seriously impaired kidney functions and more than 75% of their renal functional units have been damaged.
Creatinine is a kind of waste product and it should be removed out of body by our kidneys. When kidneys are damaged, this kind of function will decrease. So creatinine can not be eliminated fully any more, it will build up in the blood. So higher the level of serum creatinine is, it means the kidneys are damaged more severely and less kidney function is left.
How to lower high creatinine? And how much do you know about the Symptoms of High Creatinine Level? Though a reasonable diet and dialysis can help lower high creatinine, they are not the ways which can treat kidney disease from the root. High creatinine is caused by the poor kidney function, while poor kidney function is caused by the kidney damage. So repairing the kidney damage becomes the key of kidney disease treatment, while it usually is ignored by the common treatments for kidney disease. If the kidney damage can be repaired and kidney function can be enhanced, then high creatinine level will be lowered naturally, because the kidneys can work normally again. While repairing kidney damage through Chinese herbal medicines, the primary disease causing creatinine 5.1 and stage 4 chronic kidney disease also should be treated.
