What Does Elevated Kidney Enzymes Mean. The kidneys are responsible for filtering the blood and removing excess enzymes so if the kidneys are not working well then there can be elevated enzymes in the body. Harold fields answered 60 years experience family medicine.
When your kidneys are damaged your body responds with elevated levels of naturally occurring enzymes. Several diseases result from high enzyme levels. If you mean values such as createnin or blood urea nitrogen bun it can be caused to a small degree by dehydration and to a larger extent by kidneys not working well kidney failure.
This results in higher than normal enzyme level on your blood test.
It is possible to treat and reverse elevated levels and to have high levels of creatinine without any symptoms of kidney disease. All else normal mildly elevated liver enzymes am i freaking out for no reason. The kidneys are responsible for filtering the blood and removing excess enzymes so if the kidneys are not working well then there can be elevated enzymes in the body. If you mean values such as createnin or blood urea nitrogen bun it can be caused to a small degree by dehydration and to a larger extent by kidneys not working well kidney failure.