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Elevated Urine Creatinine Clearance

Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Jan 26, 2019 | Replies (10)

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@nycdave7 After many years of testing I no longer get excited about an anomaly like your creatinine. Sometimes it happens. There may be many reasons, the most likely (in my opinion) - lab error (mislabeled or entered to wrong patient account). For example, if the lab entered data manually using a numerical patient ID system, you could have been assigned the creatinine from another patient easily by a typo or transposition of numbers. My physicians and I are more concerned with trending and constantly compare my results to see that I remain on trend. That said, with an anomaly such as this my labs would be re-run in a month to assure that it was an anomaly and not a major event and permanent change in my status. Also, if you are already seeing a nephrologist, I see no need to seek out a urologist for your kidney issues. Good luck.

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Thanks for the response. It was actually ran twice, second result was elevated but lower than first result. In the past, these results were normal. Had various tests before these urine tests done: abdominal MRI, kidney ultrasound, and renal doppler. Although I have elevated blood pressure, its seems all the imaging tests came back fine. Not sure if horizontal beau's lines on fingernails and chillblains (also toes sometimes turn black temporarily if I press against it, like having my feet on top of another) has any relations to this.