Whether creatinine 106μmol/L is harmful to kidneys mainly depends on the cause of its elevation. If creatinine is elevated due to physiological reasons or acute kidney injury, creatinine may return to normal after removing the influencing factors, which is usually not harmful to the kidneys; if creatinine is elevated due to chronic kidney disease, which is harmful to the kidneys.
Normal serum creatinine ranges from 53 to 106 μmol/L in men and 44 to 97 μmol/L in women. Therefore, creatinine 106μmol/L is normal or mildly elevated. Physiologic and pathologic causes can be seen.
1. Physiological reasons: some patients with elevated creatinine may be due to their own high muscle content, or usually eat more meat, exercise more caused by routine urinalysis and ultrasound of the urinary system and other related examinations do not see any abnormality, clear kidney without obvious diseases, at this time, the kidneys are usually not harmful.
2. Pathological reasons: if the patient has creatinine elevation due to various reasons of acute kidney injury, after correcting the reversible causes, the creatinine may return to normal, and this is usually not harmful to the kidneys; if the creatinine elevation is caused by chronic kidney disease, with the progress of the disease, it may develop into uremia, and this is harmful to the kidneys.
If patients find creatinine elevation, it is recommended to go to regular hospitals in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy under the guidance of doctors.