High Creatinine Level 1.9 With One Kidney

Creatinine Level is used to measure how well your kidneys work. Together with BUN, your doctor can find a result called creatinine clearance which can make an exact decision about your kidney function.

Normal Creatinine Level
Creatinine is the broken down products of muscular movement and activity, which should be filtered out the blood by healthy kidneys. Thereby, it is usually an indication for kidney damage.
The normal creatinine level ranges from 0.6~1.2mg/dl in adults.

Creatinine Level 1.9
Creatinine level 1.9 is higher than normal range, and you can see it is not very high. However, it doesn’t mean that it doesn’t need to worry.
As the creatinine is not as smart enough as to increase at first time, when kidney damages occur. As a result, there is usually at least 50% of kidney function loss, when the creatinine level elevates.
Creatinine level with one Kidney
If you happen to be a person with one kidney, high creatinine level should take much of your attention. Even though one kidney is enough to keep human alive theocratically, half of people with one kidney are affected by Kidney Disease.
Thereby, patients with one kidney and high creatinine level are suggested to take further diagnosis as soon as possible. If you need more details, you can email to kidneyask@hotmail.com for tests list.