What are the symptoms of high creatinine?

Whether creatinine is within the normal range, high or low, actually reflects whether our kidneys are healthy. Blood creatinine is often a mandatory test item for kidney disease. So what are the symptoms of high creatinine? In order to help everyone understand this issue, let’s follow the editor to take a look below.

In addition to high creatinine, the patient may also have other symptoms of high creatinine: Creatinine is a product of human muscle metabolism, which accumulates in the body and becomes a toxin that is harmful to the body. It is normally excreted by the kidneys. Even if there are only about half of the normal kidney cells, the creatinine value will basically tend to normal. When creatinine is high, it proves that kidney cell damage has exceeded 70%.

1. Water metabolism disorder: including polyuria, increased nocturia, thirst, dry mucous membranes, fatigue, etc.; or general edema, increased blood pressure, pulmonary edema and heart failure, etc.;

2. Symptoms of high creatinine, sodium metabolism disorders: high creatinine can also cause hyponatremia or hypernatremia;

3. Potassium metabolism disorders: high creatinine is often accompanied by hyperkalemia or hypokalemia;

4. Metabolic acidosis: Patients with high creatinine may have symptoms such as deep and long breathing, lack of appetite, abdominal pain and nausea, vomiting, weakness, headache, restlessness and even coma;

5. Renal osteodystrophy is one of the symptoms of high creatinine: bone pain and proximal muscle weakness; bone pain is often systemic, with the lower body weight bearing bones being the most severe, and bone deformities can cause symptoms such as short stature;

6. Finally, the symptoms of high creatinine can cause respiratory system diseases, circulatory system diseases, and digestive system diseases.