What are the causes of high creatine kinase?

We may not know much about creatine kinase. Creatine kinase is one of the test results in blood test. The level of creatine kinase is closely related to the health status of our body. So when creatine kinase is high, do you panic? Don't be too nervous if creatine kinase is high. Understand the cause and receive treatment and conditioning, and it will soon return to normal. Let’s take a look at the main reasons for high creatine kinase.

Serum creatine kinase is mainly present in our skeletal muscle, brain and myocardial tissue. It is easy to increase serum creatine kinase during exercise, leading to hypoxia. If there is an abnormality in serum creatine kinase, it is easy to cause other diseases. At present, many people may not know what serum creatine kinase is. So what is the significance of serum creatine kinase? Let me share with you.

Creatine kinase (CK), also known as creatine phosphokinase, can reversibly catalyze the reaction of creatine and adenosine triphosphate to generate creatine phosphate and adenosine diphosphate. Under neutral pH conditions, ATP production is the main process to ensure energy supply to tissue cells. The forward reaction is beneficial to the ATP generated by oxidative phosphorylation in mitochondria, which enters the cell fluid in the form of creatine phosphate to meet the needs of cell physiological activities. CK is widely present in skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle and brain tissue.

What causes elevated creatine kinase?

1. Malnutrition, among which people with pseudohypertrophic muscular dystrophy are most likely to have high creatine kinase;

2. Extensive exercise, such as long-distance cycling, skiing and marathon running, can lead to high levels of creatine kinase.

3. The high creatine kinase in hepatitis B patients may be caused by other complications caused by viral hepatitis, so the high creatine kinase in hepatitis B patients needs to be taken seriously;

When you find that your creatine kinase is high, you must go to a regular hospital for scientific examination as soon as possible to analyze whether you need treatment and how to treat it based on the cause of the disease. Do not use medications selfishly or indiscriminately, which may worsen the patient's condition.

I believe everyone already knows the reasons for high creatine kinase. Malnutrition is one of them. In addition, a lot of strenuous exercise and even patients with viral hepatitis B can easily lead to high creatine kinase. If we find ourselves feeling unwell, we should never take medicine on our own, but go to the hospital for treatment in time, which will help treat the disease of high creatine kinase.