Creatinine?!


Question: Creatinine!?
What is creatinine!?
What are typical levels!?
What foods or supplements effect creatinine levels!?
What are the consequences of too much or too little!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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What is creatinine!?

Creatinine is a chemical waste molecule that is generated from muscle metabolism!. Creatinine is produced from creatine, a molecule of major importance for energy production in muscles!. Approximately 2% of the body's creatine is converted to creatinine every day!. Creatinine is transported through the bloodstream to the kidneys!. The kidneys filter out most of the creatinine and dispose of it in the urine!.

What are typical levels!?

Normal levels of creatinine in the blood are approximately 0!.6 to 1!.2 milligrams (mg) per deciliter (dl) in adult males and 0!.5 to 1!.1 milligrams per deciliter in adult females!. (In the metric system, a milligram is a unit of weight equal to one-thousandth of a gram, and a deciliter is a unit of volume equal to one-tenth of a liter!.)

Females have a lower creatinine than males, because they have less muscle mass!.

Muscular young or middle-aged adults may have more creatinine in their blood than the norm for the general population!. Elderly persons, on the other hand, may have less creatinine in their blood than the norm!. Infants have normal levels of about 0!.2 or more, depending on their muscle development!. A person with only one kidney may have a normal level of about 1!.8 or 1!.9!. Creatinine levels that reach 2!.0 or more in babies and 10!.0 or more in adults may indicate the need for a dialysis machine to remove wastes from the blood!.

What foods or supplements effect creatinine levels!?

Creatinine levels can be high is if the kidneys are not functioning properly, and kidney function can definitely be affected by high blood pressure (and vice versa)!.The more protein one eats, the higher the creatinine level can go, but this is not a huge effect!.

What are the consequences of too much or too little!?

Higher-than-normal levels may indicate:
Acute tubular necrosis
Dehydration
Diabetic nephropathy
Eclampsia (a condition of pregnancy that includes seizures)
Glomerulonephritis
Muscular dystrophy
Pre-eclampsia (pregnancy-induced hypertension)
Pyelonephritis
Reduced renal blood flow (shock, congestive heart failure)
Renal failure
Rhabdomyolysis
Urinary tract obstruction
Lower-than-normal levels may indicate:

Muscular dystrophy (late stage)
Myasthenia gravisWww@Answer-Health@Com

It's the breakdown product of creatine!. Creatine is the derivtives of 2 amino acids, arginine and glycine!. Levels are typically very low, unless someone is taking creatine supplements!. It is only filtered by your kidneys and not reabsorbed, so the levels tell how well your kidneys are functioning!. Too much creatine- TOO MUCH STRESS on kidneys, which is not good!. We need our kidneys
Too little- fatiqueWww@Answer-Health@Com





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