Scorching 'heat dome' over Middle East makes it feel like 162F in Iran. Iran is enduring a heat index of nearly 72C while Iraq has called a public holiday due to the sweltering temperatures. Iran is buckling under the pressure of a massive heatwave passing across the Middle East, with temperatures feeling like more than 70C.
Yes, the transient increases in creatinine can be caused by dehydration. Dehydration generally causes BUN levels to rise more than creatinine levels. This causes a high BUN-to-creatinine ration. While kidney disease or blockage of the flow of urine from your kidney causes both BUN and creatinine levels to rise.
The most common cause of an elevated triglyceride level is a non-fasting specimen. There are many, common and uncommon causes of high blood triglycerides, including dietary indiscretion, metabolic disease, drugs, or rare genetic mutation of an enzyme in the lipid metabolism pathway (type I hyperlipoproteinemia).