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What causes kidney levels to be high?

I have high creatinine levels. What causes kidney levels to be high?

2 Answers

When you say that you have kidney levels high. Are you referring to your glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and creatinine?
Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) greater than 60 or higher is the normal range. GRR lower than 60 may mean kidney disease. GFR 15 or lower may mean kidney failure. There are urine tests, Dipstick urine test, Urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio (UACR) which compares albumin to creatinine in your urine. Blood tests, Serum creatinine, glomerular filtration rate (GFR), Blood Urea Nitrogen, Blood test, Imaging, and others. Now, there are multiple reasons for increase GFR and creatinine. They are drug toxicity, kidney infection, diabetes, glomerulonephritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, kidney failure etc. Thank you.
Many things, medications, uncontrolled blood pressure and other genetic kidney diseases.