What Creatinine Level Needs Dialysis Treatment

What creatinine level needs dialysis? Is there a direct relation between them? We do believe the following content can benefit you.

In most countries, dialysis may be recommended when creatinine level increases to about 5mg/dl, however, the fact is that when dialysis should be started cannot be decided by a creatinine level, it depends on patients’ specific conditions. For some patients, their creatinine levels exceed 1000umol/L, but they have not been on dialysis; while some patients have already undergone dialysis though their creatinine levels are not that high.

Then when should dialysis be started? For patients with chronic kidney failure, if they have any of the following conditions, dialysis treatment should be started: serum creatinine is more than 8mg/dl; creatinine level exceeds 6mg/dl, if patients have diabetes; patients have water-sodium retention, heart failure or pericarditis; uncontrolled hyperphosphatemia; serum potassium is more than 6.5mmol/L; uncontrolled high blood pressure; severe nausea, vomiting and fatigue.

Now have you had a general idea about when to begin dialysis? Nowadays, dialysis or kidney transplant is no longer the only choice for kidney disease patients. We are here helping every patient save their own kidneys by repairing kidney damage and recovering renal function. Patients should know that only healthy diet and western medicines are not enough to treat the disease, the key is to do something to kidneys. If you have not been on dialysis treatment, then we hope you can choose the proper treatment to save your own kidneys to avoid dialysis, and then live a normal life.