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Can there be an increase in creatinine levels due to fever?
My mother is a diabetes patient for the last 12 years. Recently we had a creatinine check up done for her which indicated a high number. She was suffering from a viral infection at that time. Could the increased number be due to the viral infection?
3 Answers
Yes
Likely has chronic kidney disease due to diabetes, unless her BP was low in setting of fever and she has acute kidney injury. Has she been having nausea/vomiting/diarrhea? Taking any ibuprofen or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications for fever? These meds can cause AKI.
It depends on how poorly she was, whether she was dehydrated, and whether her blood pressure dropped. I would recheck a week or so later to ensure it has settled back to baseline.