Should Creatinine Lowering Choose Western Medicine Or Traditional Chinese Medicine?

Elevated creatinine is an abnormal manifestation of worsening renal impairment. It usually indicates that the filtration function of the kidney is mostly damaged, and the "injury is not minor". 

Generally, at least half of the kidneys are damaged. 

Therefore, kidney disease cannot wait for the increase of creatinine, and it is necessary to actively take measures to control and stabilize kidney function, so as to avoid accelerated deterioration.

Many people think that when creatinine is lowered, uremia will definitely not occur. In fact, although creatinine reflects the detoxification function of the kidney, it cannot completely determine the development of the disease, and even the impact on renal function is not as serious as proteinuria. Therefore, in the process of lowering creatinine, it is also necessary to control the rate of deterioration of renal function, rather than simply lowering blood creatinine indicators.

First of all, it is necessary to eliminate and control the inducing factors. If it is caused by drugs and food, stop taking it in time. Infections should be treated with drugs in time to control inflammation.

Western medicine is often effective in treating these emergencies. The basic inducing factors are controlled, and creatinine can also fall back to the previous value.

Generally, the first problem needs to be solved in time, and the creatinine drops, which will not affect kidney function. However, if the trigger is not found in time, the creatinine will continue to rise, which will be transformed into chronic development, and the kidney function will be affected or even deteriorated.

Creatinine rises slowly and the "cooperation" between Chinese and Western medicine is more beneficial

The main factor leading to the increase in creatinine is the damage to kidney cells, which in turn causes imbalances in various aspects of the kidneys, especially filtration and detoxification. The factors affecting kidney cells are diverse, including not only the occurrence of inflammatory reactions in the body, but also urinary protein, hypertension, anemia, and the deterioration of the kidney itself, etc., so reducing creatinine requires comprehensive treatment, not only "Symptomatic medication", but systematic and standardized management of the disease.

For common symptoms such as urinary protein, hypertension, infection, and inflammation control, western medicine plays the main role, which can control the rise of various indicators and the impact on the kidneys more quickly.

Taking urinary protein as an example, for patients with a large amount of proteinuria, hormones and immunosuppressants are often used to suppress them in time. Generally, the initial effect is achieved within 4-6 weeks, the urinary protein is controlled, and the rhythm of renal function deterioration is relieved. Hypertension requires antihypertensive drugs to maintain long-term stability, which is beyond doubt.

However, in response to the elevated renal endotoxin, in addition to western medicine inhibition, traditional Chinese medicine also plays an important role. Kidney damage leads to impaired blood circulation, and toxins such as creatinine and uric acid are difficult to eliminate. On the one hand, Some  traditional Chinese medicine that contains rich antioxidation active ingredients like Cistanche Extract at this time can play a role in promoting blood circulation and stimulating the proliferation of kidney cells, helping to promote blood filtration and metabolizing toxins well; 

Cistanche Extract Powder has a certain protective effect on the kidneys, its side effects are relatively small and play a good role in improving the overall physical state and immune function.

Therefore, the cooperation of traditional Chinese and western medicine is more beneficial to the overall stability of the disease.

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Kidney patients should not panic after the creatinine rises. First of all, distinguish the triggering factors, and it will be more effective to find a reasonable solution. No matter what kind of treatment plan is beneficial to the condition, it is appropriate. There is no need to blindly pursue Western medicine and exclude traditional Chinese medicine, and vice versa, everything has two sides, and cooperation can only be a win-win situation.