How Close Is She to Dialysis With GFR 31

2015-05-17 06:36

How close is she to dialysis with GFR 31? GFR, glomerular filtration rate, refers to how much blood can be filtered by glomeruli in every 1.73 m2. The lower the GFR is, the Lower kidney function that patients will have. So some kidney disease patients will wonder at what level of the GFR they may need to take dialysis. In the following article, we will get the answer.

Depending on the GFR level, kidney disease can be divided into 5 stages, and GFR 31 is in the stage 3 kidney disease (GFR 30-59 ml/min/1.73 m2), which means the kidneys have been damaged moderately. In this condition, patients need to take effective treatment to improve the kidney function, or they will quickly develop into stage 4 kidney disease (GFR 15-29 ml/min/1.73m2) or even worse.

In general, if the GFR is lower than 15 ml/min, or patients are in stage 5 kidney disease, patients will be recommended to take dialysis. Because the kidneys have lost most of their functions, so they need to take dialysis to prolong their life expectancy.

Dialysis is a replacement and life-saving treatment for kidney failure patients when their kidneys lost most of their functions, and dialysis can help remove the excess fluid and toxins and wastes out. Besides, it can also help regulate the electrolyte balance for patients, which is the most common treatment for kidney disease patients with low GFR level. However, once patients start dialysis, they may need to take regular dialysis and live on it all their life long, and the long term dialysis can also cause some side effects for patients.

For GFR 31 patients, they have great chance to prevent dialysis if they take effective treatment to improve their GFR level. Here we recommend the patients taking Chinese medicine to help remedy their disease, which include the Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Foot Bath Therapy, Oral Chinese Medicine Therapy, Maikaing Mixture, etc. Depending on the own illness condition of patients, we will make a systemic treatment program for patients. Through systemic treatment, it can repair the damaged glomeruli and improve the GFR level, then it can help prevent dialysis for patients.

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