Creatine level in blood test...anyone familiar with

[crazy charlie]

I had a family member pass away from multiple myloma and his creatine level was very high.I recently had a pet pass and she also had a very high creatine level though the vet said her blood test results were great.anyone familiar with what exactly a creatine level is?? Said to ask,Charlie

 

[bassman284]

Re: Creatine level in blood test...anyone familiar with

What they're actually measuring is the creatinine level. Creatinine is a waste product produced by creatine. High levels indicate loss of kidney function since it is cleared by the kidneys. See link.

http://www.medicinenet.com/creatinine_blood_test/article.htm

 

[Tim Frank]

Re: Creatine level in blood test...anyone familiar with

Not sure if "creatine" fits what you described.

You may mean creatINine.
It is a bi-product of normal (sometimes abnormal) muscle breakdown.
It is usually filtered out by kidney function; high levels would usually indicate a kidney problem.

We lost a dog to kidney failure...primary diagnostic was the blood work and the exhibited sky-high creatinine value.

 

[Fly Rod]

Re: Creatine level in blood test...anyone familiar with

it is about the kidneys, believe me I know. I was diagnosed with an auto immune disease several months ago which took almost a year of seeing every specialist you can name, took a year to find the problem as with the tennis player Venus Williams recently. A white blood cell disease, that your white blood cells become the enemy and attacks every part of your body. my kidney's were attacked. My creatinine level was at 2.7 way to high. As explained by my kidney specialist you want to be around the 0.6-1.2. After being on chemo for the last several months to fight the auto immune which is toxic I have just started taking a medication that they give to people that have had a transplant.

If you do have a creatinine problem mention to your doctor about taking a high blood pressure pill, it does not just fight high blood pressure. My blood pressure was great prior to taking the meds.