Blood creatinine 151μmol/L may be caused by physiological reasons such as higher muscle content of oneself, or eating more meat in general; it may also be caused by pathological reasons such as acute kidney injury or chronic renal insufficiency.
Normal serum creatinine ranges from 53 to 106 μmol/L in men and from 44 to 97 μmol/L in women. Thus, creatinine 151 μmol/L is mildly elevated. Physiologic and pathologic causes can be seen.
1. Physiological causes: some patients’ creatinine elevation may be caused by their high muscle content, or eating more meat and exercising more, if there is no abnormality in urine routine and ultrasound of the urinary system and other related examinations, creatinine may return to normal after adjusting the way of life.
2. Pathological reasons: acute kidney injury caused by various reasons, or chronic renal insufficiency caused by glomerulonephritis, diabetic nephropathy, hypertensive renal damage and other diseases may lead to elevated creatinine, which needs to be treated according to the cause.
If patients find that the creatinine is elevated, 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 the doctor.