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CPK

Results and Values

What do the test results mean?

Normal levels of CPK in the blood range from about 35 to 190 units per liter.

Abnormally high levels of CPK may indicate the following.

  • alcoholism
  • brain trauma
  • convulsions or seizures
  • delirium tremens, or severe withdrawal from alcohol
  • dermatomyositis, a disease in which the immune system attacks the muscles and the skin
  • electric shock
  • heart attack
  • muscular dystrophy
  • polymyositis, a disease in which the immune system attacks the muscles
  • lung damage
  • severe muscle breakdown from prolonged or strenuous exercise

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