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Chronic Kidney Diseases (CKD)
If you have diabetes or high blood pressure, then you are at a risk of developing CKD. Unfortunately, by the time a person is diagnosed with CKD, nearly 50% of his kidneys are damaged. This happens because the blood creatinine levels, which are the indicators for kidney disease, don't rise till 50% of the kidney functioning is affected.
During routine check-up, most doctors don't study the creatinine levels of the patient if it is in the normal range. But normal creatinine level doesn't mean that the patient's kidneys, especially those who have diabetes or high BP, are functioning properly. There is a need to study the creatinine levels seriously with respect to the patient's weight, age, sex and history of diseases.
Routine check-up doesn't involve creatinine level assessment. It is only in cases which have history of high BP or diabetes or any other ailment or they present with CKD symptoms.
Creatinine is freely filtered by the glomerular capillaries, inside the nephrons, and a small amount is also secreted in our body. But when these nephrons get damaged either due to high BP or diabetes, then the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) also decreases. As a result of |
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