Renal Failure or kidney failure (formerly called renal insufficiency) is a condition in which the kidneys fail to function adequately. There are two forms: acute kidney injury and chronic kidney disease. Renal Failure is often described as a decrease in the Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) and is often detected by an elevated level of serum creatinine.
Causes
Around 95% of cases of Renal Failure are caused due to abnormal immune system or immune dysfunction. There are undue immune reaction within patient's body, during which too much immune complexes are produced and then deposit in the kidneys with blood circulation, thus damaging the functional intrinsic cells and tissues. Over time, kidney failure will appear. Without prompt treatment, it may progress to end stage renal disease, so dialysis or kidney transplant will be adopted to sustain life.
Symptoms
1. Swelling
With damaged kidneys, excessive fluid builds up in the body and can result in a condition known as edema, which is swelling in the hands, ankles, feet, or face (especially around the eyes in the morning). Fluid can also collect in the lungs, which may lead to shortness of breath.
2. Anemia
Anemia can be caused by integrated factors including decreased erythropoiesis, the increase of erythrocyte destruction, bleeding, etc. As kidney fails, toxin can shorten the lifespan of red blood cells and restrain the bone marrow hematopoiesis, thus causing anemia. In this case, patients may feel tired or weak, dizzy and have memory problems, trouble sleeping, poor concentration, etc.
3. Changes in urination
The kidneys make urine, so kidney failure can cause urine to change. You may suffer from urination problems such as foamy or bloody urine, more or less urine than usual, pressure or difficulty urinating, a change in how often you urinate. Some people have to get up at night to urinate.
4. Flank or back pain
Some people with kidney problems may have pain in the back or side related to the affected kidney.
5. Others
When kidneys fail, the buildup of waste in the blood can cause skin rashes or serious itching, and make food taste different or cause bas breath, which leads to a loss of appetite, vomiting, nausea, and weight loss.
In 2013, immunotherapy comes into being, which can treat Renal Failure naturally.Since more than 95% of kidney disease are caused due to abnormal immune system, so immunetherapy can be applied to treat most of the kidney diseases. The treatment process includes six steps.
1. A comprehensive diagnosis. Though patients are all suffering from Renal Failure, their specific illness condition, such as causes, symptoms, stages, varies from case to case. Therefore, a accurate and comprehensive diagnosis can lay a good basis for treatment.
2. Immune blocking. Kidney damages are caused by excessive inflammatory response. To prevent further damages to the kidneys, the newest immunosuppressive agents are applied regularly to restrain the undue immune reaction.
3. Immune tolerance stage. During the course of excess inflammatory response, much immune complexes will be produced. Through blood circulation, they will deposit in the kidneys. The deposits are not easily to be cleared away, so let our kidneys to co-exist with them are very necessary.
4. Immune adjustment treatment. In this stage, we start to clear the immune complexes. Our characteristic therapy, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is especially effective in eliminate the immune complex as well as improve the immunity.
5. Immune protection. The aim is to protect the remaining functional cells and restore the renal function. In immunotherapy, we can achieve this goal with the most advanced cell therapy in our hospital.
6. Immune clearance treatment. In our hospital we have systemic clearance technique including immunoadsorption, plasma exchange and blood purification.