Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) is a routine blood test used to measure the percent of kidney function. Normal range of GFR for healthy adults is 90 milliliters/minute or above. If the GFR stays below 60 milliliters/minutes for 3 months in a row, it means the person is affected by CKD.
Stages of Kidney Disease
Stages 1 and 2: Mild kidney disease. In stage 1, GFR is 90 or above; in stage 2, the GFR is 60~89.
Stage 3: Moderate kidney disease. The GFR is 30~59.
Stage 4: Severe kidney disease. The GFR IS 15~29.
Stage 5: End-stage kidney disease or kidney failure. The GFR is less than 15. People with a GFR that stays less than 10~15 will need to have dialysis or a renal transplantation.
Kidney disease is one of the immune diseases. People get the disease due to their weak immunity. On one hand, weak immunity and influencing factors could lead to or trigger Chronic Kidney Disease; while on the other hand, people who got the disease live with a relative low immunity. If you would like to understand their relationship, then you???d better know what immune disease is. Immune disease develops as the result of one???s own immunity system attacks its own cells, tissues or organs. Consequently, some cells would become hyperactive and fail to function as they should. One thing need you to understand is that Chronic Kidney Disease is not always caused by low immunity, but induced by hyperactive immune inflammatory reaction. This is also caused by abnormal immune system.
Remedies
Have a low-phosphorus diet. Control how much phosphorus is in the renal diet. Limit, or avoid high phosphorus content foods including milk, pudding, yogurt, cheeses, ice cream, cooked fish (halibut, salmon), cooked beef or turkey, chickpeas, kidney beans, soybeans, lentils, beer, cocoa, canned iced teas, etc.
Adopt an alternative natural treatment to repair the kidney damage and restore the kidney function.
Dialysis does nothing to improve the renal function, so it fails to prevent the deterioration of renal function and eliminate itchy skin.
At present, the best treatment for CKD in the world is Immunotherapy (Latest Treatment of Renal Failure 2012: Immunotherapy). This is a systemic treatment which can block further kidney damage, repair the damaged renal cells and tissue, and restore the kidney function. With significantly improved renal function, symptom like itching will disappear naturally.
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