Can Kidney Damages Be Reversed

There are many factors that can cause kidney damages. It can be acute or chronic, primary, secondary or hereditary. Weather kidney damages can be reversed depends on several factors including the exact cause of renal damages, severity of renal damages and what kind of treatments are received.

If it is acute renal damages caused by burns, physical traumas, urinary tract obstruction or exposure to renal toxical medicines or drugs, the damaged kidney functions can be recovered with early detection, timely removal of the underlying causes and effective treatments. For example, in case of kidney poisoning due to improper intake or abuse of some medicines can be reversed if it is caught in time and proper measures are taken.

However in case of most chronic kidney diseases it is possible to reverse kidney damages and fully recover lost functions. For some advanced renal damages such as end stage renal failure or those that have taken long time dialysis, even when the illness conditions are too severe to be revered, we should not lose hope because there are still a lot of things that can be done to delay its further progression and extend life expectancy as long as possible.

The first step is to find out the underlying causes of renal damages for example high blood pressure or diabetes which are the top 2 reasons for most CKD. Then proper medicines and treatments should be taken to first control the blood pressure and blood sugar well under control to prevent further continuous deterioration of renal damages. Though it is relatively difficult to recover their kidney functions, well controlling of the fundamental causes can help preserve and protect the residual kidney functions so as to stabilize the illness conditions and delay its progression into end stage renal diseases.

For those who have entered into end stage kidney diseases, dialysis and kidney transplant will be needed and kidney transplant is an effective treatment for ESRD patients to regain kidney functions and sustain their life.

Besides, proper diets and exercises also play vital role for consolidating curative effects and slowing down decline rate of renal functions.