Proteins went up and creatine did too.....

• By Beemac
• Posted May 9, 2008 at 10:04 pm

I don't understand why your doctor would be happy about your creatinine being up. Mine was up to 3.3 with no protein spillage and function at 15%. My doctor went ballistic. He determined that the increase was due to dehydration because I had been sick. We re-did the blood tests today and the creatinine is now at 2.5 with the function at 21%. I hydrated before the test and ate a good breakfast. I have FSGS, so there might be a difference between what I have and what you have.

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• By ChiCubs7
• Posted May 10, 2008 at 8:03 am

There is a miscommunication somewhere. Are you talking about creatinine in your blood or in your urine? When people talk about creatinine levels they mean serum creatinine. You want those levels to be generally around 0.8 to 1.4 mg/dL. If it's 3, that's bad. And you don't want it to go up because the more that's in your blood, the worse your kidneys are performing. Your nephrologist wouldn't be happy about that.

I've never really heard any one talk about 24 hour creatinine levels with any meaning.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003475.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/003610.htm

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• By Beth75
• Posted May 19, 2008 at 12:20 pm

I am sorry I think I used the wrong word, I meant proteins in my blood are at 3, so less proteins should be going into my urine and the proteins in my blood should be around 4.....I hope I am not utterly confused.

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