A normal creatinine in glomerulonephritis may or may not be associated with swollen feet.
Elevated creatinine will only appear when glomerular filtration rate decreases to a certain level. At this time, although the creatinine level is normal, symptoms such as proteinuria and hematuria may have appeared, causing low plasma protein, changes in plasma osmolality, and fluid leakage into the interstitial space of the tissues, causing swelling of the feet.
If the condition of glomerulonephritis is mild, patients may have symptoms such as fatigue, tiredness, but edema may or may not be present, or some patients due to high protein content in the tissue interstitial space, edema more from the eyelids, face, at this time, creatinine is normal, and there will be no swelling of the feet.
In addition, creatinine normal appear foot swelling, there may be due to patients standing or sitting for a long time, resulting in poor blood circulation in the lower limbs; or varicose veins in the lower limbs, causing blood stagnation in the lower limbs, caused by the swelling of the feet.
If patients with glomerulonephritis have swollen feet, it is recommended to go to the regular hospital in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy under the guidance of the doctor.