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Q: High Creatinine levels
asked by: Mavven on November 18th, 2008
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First time post, I am a 30 year old white male 5'9" 200 lbs. I work out on a regular basis and I also take supplements IE. Protein powder, zma, etc.

I am going to make this short because just being here typing this is making me anxious. I ended up in the hospital yesterday reason for going is that I have been sick all week with what I thought was some kind of a flu or stomach virus. Started to develop extreme pain in my lower back on both sides.

ER Doctor takes blood and hooks me up with some IV. Comes back about a hour later and says your kidneys are not functioning properly. I wait about 3 hours, they send me for a ultrasound. I wait another 4 hours for my doctor to get to the hospital (affiliation) and do his rounds, he comes to see me and tells me that the ultrasound showed no kind of infection or anything, but my Creatinine level is at a very high level 2.6 to be exact.
i do not have health insurance and he knows this, so he says he wants to take some extensive blood work that will take 2 days to get back and tells me to go home and drink plenty of fluids.

I'm scared and confused and need some advice.

Thank you.
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Creatinine is a breakdown product of creatine, which is an important part of muscle. Creatine is naturally synthesized in the human body from amino acids primarily in the kidney and liver and transported in the blood for use by muscles.

Creatinine is removed from the body entirely by the kidneys. A test can be done to measures the amount of creatinine in your urine, which is what the doctor performed on you during your stay at the hospital.

Abnormal results of urine creatinine and creatinine clearance are often nonspecific, but may be due to any of the following conditions:

* Glomerulonephritis
* High meat diet
* Kidney failure
* Muscular dystrophy (late stage)
* Myasthenia gravis
* Prerenal azotemia
* Pyelonephritis
* Reduced kidney blood flow (as in shock or congestive heart failure)
* Rhabdomyolysis
* Urinary tract obstruction

Hang in there! Let us know what the doctors say...but these possibilities do point to some potentially serious medical issues. I hope that you can find an insurance that will work for you.
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