Life Expectancy of Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease(CKD) with GFR 56

Q: My husband is 54 years old and he was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) last year. From then on, his renal function keeps declining. Now, his GFR declines to 56. Can you tell me his accurate life expectancy?
A: In fact, there is no a generalized life expectancy for him and it varies from case to case because many factors can affect the prognosis of the disease.

Other diseases
As kidneys are damaged, it will cause much metabolic wastes to build up in body and they can damage multiple organs and tissues in body such as brain, heart, blood system etc. Many patients may die of the complications of kidney disease before their kidneys fail completely. Therefore, the life expectancy can not be calculated depending on residual renal function or creatinine level alone.

Pathological category
Pathological category also can affect the life expectancy of people with stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease. Minimal change disease has a favorable prognosis and it can be cured by proper treatment. However, if someone is diagnosed with focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), it will develop into Kidney Failure in several years.

Health care
Although diet, exercise and other daily heath care can not cure Kidney Disease, but they can slow down disease progression and delaying the approaching of dialysis.
The patients with stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease had better ask for professional dietary advices from dietitian and limit the consumption of proteins, sodium, potassium etc. The health care can extend the life expectancy remarkably.

Therapy
In stage 3 of Chronic Kidney Disease, the kidneys are damaged moderately. If the kidneys are restored very well, they will be able to prevent the disease from progressing into the next stage. However, the conventional therapy can not relieve symptoms, but not restoring the kidneys.
The latest therapy—immunotherapy is applied to treat Lupus Nephritis and has showed enormous effect. If you want to get the detailed information about its recovery rate, curative effect etc, it is free for you to consult us email at:renalhealth@hotmail.com.

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How to Elevate GFR (Renal Function) in Diabetic Nephropathy

Diabetic Nephropathy is one of serious complications of Diabetes. If untreated, about half of the patients will end with Renal Failure. As kidneys are damaged, the glomerular filtration rate (GFR) will decline. So, how to elevate GFR and enhance renal function?

Health care for Diabetic Nephropathy

Proteins are essential nutrients in body and it can maintain normal immune function. The patients with Diabetic Nephropathy may lose a mass of proteins in urine which not only accelerates the progression of the disease, but also give rise to a series of complications such as infections, weak immune system etc. Therefore, it is very important for the patients to take proper proteins consumption. However, too much protein can produce a mass of urea nitrogen which can aggravate renal function. So the patients should keep proper amount of high-quality protein intakes and keep the intake within 0.6~0.8 g/kg per body weight per day. Can the patients with diabetic nephropathy eat garlic?
As some patients with Diabetic Nephropathy are usually accompanied by swelling and high blood pressure, it is essential for them to limit the salt intake within 3 grams per day and avoid eating foods high in sodium.
If they can control their blood glucose level, it will slow down the progression of Diabetic Nephropathy remarkably. They should take proper exercise in their leisure time; eat small meals but more frequently, test their blood glucose level four times in a day.

Diabetic Nephropathy Treatment

The above measures are assistant methods in elevating GFR and renal function for the patients with Diabetic Nephropathy. To elevate GFR, the key is to restore the impaired kidneys.
The combination therapy of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy and Immunotherapy is applied to treat Diabetic Nephropathy and has showed an enormous effect. The combination therapy can improve not only renal function, but also it can prevent the damage to kidney tissues.
If you are troubled with other diseases related to Diabetes such as Diabetic Foot, Eye Disease etc, it is free for you to consult us on line.

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Microalbuminuria May Imply Kidney Damage in Diabetes

In normal condition, there is only a slight amount of albumin in urine less than 20mg/L. When the albumin level is above the normal range, it is called microalbuminuria which is a sensitive index in reflecting early kidney damage in Diabetes. Therefore, the patients should be particularly alert to the albumin in urine.

Kidneys are responsible for filtering blood and discharge the metabolic wastes from body. Constant and poor control of blood glucose level can damage the filters (glomeruli) in kidneys thus resulting in kidney damage.

Diabetes Kidney Disease can be divided into five stages. However, in the first and second stages, the kidneys have pathological changes, but the patients do not have noticeable symptoms.

With the progression of Diabetes Kidney Disease, the filters in kidneys get more damage and can not keep the proteins remain in body thus resulting in proteins in urine. In stage 3 of Diabetes Kidney Disease, persistent microalbuminuria occurs. However, the routine urinalysis does not show abnormality at all. If the patients can take proper treatment in stage 3, they will be able to reverse the disease and stop it from developing into next stage.

However, in most cases, the patients do not know they have kidney disease until they have a mass of proteins in urine and severe edema. In this case, the disease at least has developed into stage 4 and it can not be reversed by conventional therapy.

To avoid severe kidney damage and take the best treatment opportunity, the patients with Diabetes should take regular tests about microalbuminuria and GFR, especially those with more than 10 ten years’ disease history.

Once you are diagnosed with Diabetes Kidney Disease, you need not to feel panic because the latest therapy is able to restore impaired kidneys and improve renal function thus making you avoid developing Renal Failure.
If you want to know the prevention for kidney damage in Diabetes, you can consult our on line experts to get professional advices.

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Four Factors Will Aggravate Lupus Nephritis

Lupus disease prognosis. Image source:
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The prognosis of Lupus Nephritis may vary from case to case because many factors can affect the progression of the disease. Generally speaking, the following factors will aggravate Lupus Nephritis.

⑴ Infection
Preventing infections such as colds play a very important role in improving the patients’ survival.
In Lupus Nephritis, the renal functional cells are damaged severely. If there is infection in body, the impaired cells will attract the inflammatory factors thus causing more damage to them.
⑵ Lupus activity
If lupus is not controlled effectively, it will bring more damage to kidneys and other organs and tissues. The following factors may trigger the lupus activity:
Exposure to sunlight for a long time
Infections
Foods that can cause allergic response
Pregnancy
⑶ Frequent relapses
Every relapse is a big trauma to kidneys and will cause violent inflammatory response in glomeruli. If the disease relapses quite frequently, it will develop into Renal Failure in a short time.
However, hormone and immunosuppressive agents only can relieve the symptoms of Lupus Nephritis and suppress the inflammatory response temporarily. As it can not eliminate its root causes, the disease is at high risk of relapsing.
⑷ Complications of Lupus Nephritis
Proteinuria is a risky factor in aggravating renal function. Proteinuria has toxityand it can cause damage to mesangial cells and cause matrix svnthesis thus accelerating the glomerulosclerosis.

High blood pressure can damage the kidney capillaries and improve their permeability. In return, it can promote the protein leakage significantly.
The above article has introduced the factors which can aggravate Lupus Nephritis. If the patients can avoid those factors, they will get a favorable prognosis.

Meanwhile, if the patients can receive effective treatment, they will be able to stop the disease progression. In our hospital, the latest therapy—immunotherapy is applied to treat Lupus Nephritis and has showed a remarkable curative effect.
It aims at regulating the autoimmune process to stop the attack to glomeruli.
It controls the symptoms by restoring the impaired glomeruli.

It is a combination therapy of natural therapy and biotherapy so it does not have side effects on body.
If you want to learn more information about the new therapy, you can send email to us at renalhealth@hotmail.com.

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The Prognosis of Stage 3 Diabetic Nephropathy

Changes in diabetic nephropathy

Stage 3 is a watershed for the progression of Diabetic Nephropathy. If the patients can receive proper treatment, the disease can be reversed. If left untreated, it will develop into ESRD in a short time. So, how to improve diabetes kidney disease prognosis and stop its progression?

In stage 3, the albumin in urine increases obviously and blood pressure begins to rise. These are two factors in aggravating renal function. To minimize their influence on prognosis of Diabetes, the patients should adopt the following measures:
1. Control blood glucose level strictly.

2. No matter the patients have high blood pressure or not, they should be recommended to use ACEI or ARB to prevent blood pressure rising. If high blood pressure has occurred, they should take some other medications along with ACEI and ARB to control blood pressure below 130/80 mmHg.

3. To reduce albumin leakage, the patients should reduce the protein intake and restrict its intake to 0.8 grams/kg per body weight per day.

4. If edema occurs, they should limit salt intake less than 3 grams per day.
The above measures matter a lot in improving prognosis of Diabetic Nephropathy. However, they are not enough to stop the disease progression at all. Immunotherapy has been applied to repair impaired kidneys and improve renal function and has showed a remarkable therapeutic effect.

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FSGS: Refractory Nephritis

FSGS is a kind of refractory Nephritis. After diagnosed with the disease, the patients may develop Renal Failure in several years. So, how to treat FSGS effectively and stop its progression?
In Kidney Disease Hospital, the latest therapy—immunotherapy has been applied to treat FSGS in the treatment of Kidney Diseases and has showed an enormous therapeutic effect.

Immunotherapy is a complete treatment system including diagnosis and therapy.

1. Scientific diagnosis
An accurate diagnosis is the premise of effective treatment. In Kidney Disease Hospital, immunological diagnosis is adopted. Compared with the conventional diagnosis, this diagnosis technique not only can reflect the severity of renal injury, but also can inspect the root causes of the disease accurately.

2. Personalized treatment
Immunotherapy is a complete treatment system including Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Immunotherapy and blood purification.
Based on the patients’ illness condition and the stage of FSGS, one or more than one treatment methods will be adopted to treat the disease.
Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a natural remedy and it is a new application of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
Immunotherapy is designed to restore the impaired kidney tissues and cells.
Blood purification includes dialysis, hemofiltration, plasm exchange and immunoadsorption etc. The conventional dialysis only can clear up the small molecular harmful substances. The blood purification techniques can clear up all harmful substances from blood.

3. Consolidation therapy
After the patients leave hospital, they need to keep consolidation treatment at home. The patients keep frequent communication with our experts. Our experts will tell them to adjust the medicines based on their test results.
After the above treatment, the patients with FSGS will have a good improvement and avoid developing Renal Failure.
If you or your loved one is FSGS sufferer and want to know more information about the therapy, it is free for you to consult us on line.

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What Virus Causes Lupus Nephritis

The causes of Lupus Nephritis are always still ongoing research. Some theories show that lupus nephritis can be aroused by many factors. Among the factors, virus is one of the causes of lupus which leads to kidney disease.

Virus infection
A study shows that the blood in patients with lupus nephritis has viruses, such as measles virus, type I or II influenza virus, EB virus and so on. Besides, the antibodies (dsRNA, ds-DNA and RNA-DNA) can be found in their blood. All the information above improves that lupus nephritis is caused by virus infection.

Which people would be affected by those viruses?
In many cases, people do not have lupus nephritis even if they are infected by those types of viruses above. So there are some certain people who would suffer from this disease after attached by those viruses.
The people with lupus nephritis have a disordered immune system which is the main cause for them to develop into this disease after virus infection. In the normal people, their immune system will release antibody to fight against invader viruses. When the antibodies won by themselves or with the help of drugs, people will recover as before. However, in the people who have lupus nephritis, their antibodies attack the virus and the body cells at the same time. So furious immune reaction is aroused and many tissues in their face, brain, joints, heart, disease etc have been damaged.
What is more, numerous immune complexes are formed after the lupus immune reaction. And they cannot be resolved by their immune system and have to deposit in blood. When the blood passes by kidneys, immune complexes will stay in kidney tissues and arouse renal inflammation. That is why patients with lupus are easy to get kidney disease. In medical field, kidney disease caused by lupus is called lupus nephritis.
Lupus nephritis is very dangerous for it can destroy kidneys quickly. Thereby patients need more accurate tests for a suitable therapeutic schedule. You can consult our experts online freely for exact tests and treatment for lupus nephritis. Besides, you can make an appointment for expert.

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