PKD, Serum Creatinine 5.5, No Dialysis: How Risky Is It

2015-02-21 03:52

Question: My friend is a PKD patient and having serum creatinine level more than 5.5mg/dL. He is not on dialysis. I want to know how risky is it? What needs to be done? Please advise.

Answer: Serum creatinine level is measured to learn about kidney condition and also the concentration of wastes in blood. Normally, serum creatinine level should be in the range of 0.5-1.3mg/dL or 45-110umol/L. For your PKD friend, his creatinine level 5.5 is a very high level, which not only indicates severely impaired kidney function, but also signifies high levels of wastes in blood.

Kidney is a natural filter of our body. It helps to cleanse blood by removing wastes out of the body through urine. When toxins that should be removed by kidney build up in blood, internal organs will be threatened. The toxic substances may damage any part of the body, so your friend is running high risk for various complications like heart failure, gastrointestinal discomforts, nerve damage, bone problem and skin problems. These complications are really annoying and some of them like heart failure are even life-threatening. According to clinical studies, cardiovascular disease is the leading one cause of death among kidney failure patients.

Creatinine level 5.5 means your friend is in kidney failure stage. In such a case, he needs to:

-Reduce creatinine level, so as to avoid dialysis and kidney transplant

Dialysis or kidney transplant is usually needed when serum creatinine level goes up to be higher than 5. For your friend, if he can reduce serum creatinine level to a low level, he can avoid dialysis and kidney transplant successfully.

-Treat PKD to prevent further kidney damages

Since his kidneys are damaged due to PKD, so he needs to treat PKD effectively, so as to prevent further kidney damages. In PKD, kidney tissues are damaged by enlarged kidney cysts, so if he can shrink kidney cysts to a small size, further kidney damages can be avoided. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a good treatment option to shrink cysts in PKD.

-Repair injured kidney tissues, so as to increase kidney function

Actually, cysts in our kidney are just like cells in our hand. Dead kidney cells can not be repaired, but injured kidney cells can be repaired with some medicines. (Leave a message below to get detailed information about how to repair injured kidney cells)

-Arrange a kidney-friendly diet

Although PKD can not be cured by making diet changes, kidney burden can be reduced and also some physical discomforts can be alleviated greatly by eating right. Exact diet plan should be based on exact illness condition. Here you can consult online doctor to get individual advice.

-Kicking had living habits

Ask your friend to avoid bad living habits like drinking alcohol and smoking

Lastly, if you friend do as we suggest, I am sure his serum creatinine 5.5 will be reduced and also he can regain some of his kidney function to avoid dialysis and kidney failure successfully.

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