Creatinine 3.5: Is Dialysis Necessary

2014-05-31 01:51

I was diagnosed with PKD for several years, and now my creatinine level is 3.5 mg/dl. In my condition, is dialysis necessary for me? This is a question we received from our website, in this article, we will help this patients to answer his question. And we hope this will be helpful for the PKD patients who have the similar condition.

Why PKD can cause high creatinine level 3.5?

As we know, PKD, which is shorted for polycystic kidney disease, is a genetic kidney disease, and there are numerous kidney cysts on kidneys. And the kidney cysts will be increased and get enlarged over time, which will oppress the surrounding kidney tissues and cause kidney damage.

Creatinine is the waste product of muscle metabolism, and it is mainly excreted by kidneys. When the kidneys are damaged severely, the kidney function will be decreased. And the creatinine cant be excreted by kidneys when there are less than 50% kidney function. So the creatinine level will be elevated in blood.

Is dialysis necessary with creatinine 3.5 in PKD?

Dialysis is a replacement treatment for kidney failure patients when their kidneys fail to work well. In general, when the creatinine level is more than 5.0 mg/dl, the doctor will recommend them to have dialysis, which can help prolong their life expectancy. However, creatinine is not the only touchstone for kidney disease patients.

When the creatinine level is more than 5 mg/dl, but people son’t have some severe symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, skin itching, swelling, they may don’t need to have dialysis.

For creatinine 3.5, the creatinine level is not so high, but if patients have the severe symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, skin itching, swelling, etc, they may need to have dialysis as soon as possible. Because these symptoms are mainly caused by the building up of toxins and wastes in blood, which will be life-threatening for patients.

Therefore, whether creatinine level 3.5 need to have dialysis or not is all depending on their own illness condition.

What treatment can help creatinine 3.5 patients get rid of dialysis?

If creatinine 3.5 patients don’t have some severe symptoms, they can delay their dialysis. Meanwhile, they need to have alternative treatment to lower the creatinine level 3.5, and improve the kidney function, all these can help patients get rid of dialysis.

Here we recommend Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, which can help shrink the big kidney cyst, repair the damaged kidney tissues and improve the kidney function. Through a systemic treatment, the creatinine 3.5 can be lowered fundamentally, and the severe symptoms can also be relieved effectively. Once the kidney function is improved, it will help patients get rid of dialysis.

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