What causes low creatinine in pregnant women?

If a pregnant woman has low creatinine, it means there is a problem in some part of her body. This is mostly caused by impaired kidney function. Everyone must pay attention to it and must seek timely treatment, otherwise it will affect the health of the fetus.

1. Creatinine is the most common method to check kidney function. Many people who take the test think that their kidney function is completely fine when their blood creatinine levels are within the normal range. In fact, this is a misunderstanding of this phenomenon. Because its value cannot reflect the status of renal function in a timely and accurate manner. When a large part of the human kidneys suffers pathological damage and the glomerular filtration rate decreases significantly (more than 50%), the increase may become clinically apparent.

2. As for the reason why pregnant women have low creatinine, usually, creatinine in the human body is mainly produced by creatine from muscle metabolism, and creatinine is excreted from the body through the kidneys. Generally speaking, since the body's muscle mass is relatively stable, the amount of creatinine produced is also constant. The level of this phenomenon mainly depends on how much is excreted by the kidneys. The compensatory function of the kidneys is very strong. If both kidneys are normal, then as long as one kidney is functioning, blood creatinine can be maintained at normal levels. That is to say, it will only increase or decrease when the degree of kidney damage accounts for more than half of the entire kidney. Therefore, serum creatinine does not reflect early, mild decline in renal function.

3. What are the reasons for low creatinine in pregnant women? Here we remind patients that they need to go to a professional kidney hospital for examination and treatment. Early detection and early treatment are necessary. The earlier the treatment, the better the effect will be. It will allow patients to have a healthy body earlier and get rid of the troubles brought by the disease. I wish patients a speedy recovery.