Patient with hypertension has a creatinine of 1.4, is this any dangerous with occasionally normal bp? -

age is 80 years, one sister with high bp but controlled, hypertension for teh last nine years or so, not more than that usually controlled with medicine, but sometimes it shoots to 200/110, very rare, but usually controlled in 135/90 range hast creatinine checked was 1.4 i am concerned about the renal issues, can it cause renal faiure please advice how to avoid it and to normalize creatinine back to normal God bless you

This should be normal for his age. Avoiding non veg food and drinking plenty of water should help him maintain it. Good luck!

Reference values for serum creatinine: Adult males: 0.8 - 1.4 mg/dl. Measuring serum creatinine is a useful and inexpensive method of evaluating renal dysfunction. Creatinine is a non-protein waste product of creatine phosphate metabolism by skeletal muscle tissue. The only important pathological condition that causes a significant increase in the serum creatinine level is damage to a large number of nephrons.The serum creatinine level does not rise until at least half of the kidney s nephrons are destroyed or damaged.