well those lab results are a little high. keyword: little. they're not off the charts by any means. the normal reference range for bun (blood-urea-nitrogen) is 7-20 mg/dl and the range for serum (blood) creatinine for a male is 0. 7 - 1. 4 mg/dl. so you can see yours are higher than normal but only your health care provider can interpret these results relative to your medical history. that's the key point here. these results may be not good for one person but ok for another. keep in mind dehydration can cause bun to rise so it's possible that's the only thing that is going on here. both bun and creatinine measure kidney function by the way. your health care provider should have more information for you at your follow-up appointment. if your situation were dire your provider would have called you immediately with instructions on what to do. hope this helps!
i recently had blood work done with creatinine level of 1. 85 and bun count of 28. just how bad is this? . i have a follow up for more blood work in 2 weeks and on my last full physical (+ -) 5yrs my counts were creatinine. 55 and bun of 15. i do suffer from high blood pressure. i am trying to get as much outside reference material so i know what i could be facing. . thanks. dave