What To Do with Chronic Kidney Disease

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) has a long course with 5 stages. It causes no obvious symptoms at the first stages, so many patients are diagnosed with CKD stage 3, stage 4, or even stage 5 (end stage renal disease) when they realize they have kidney problem. CKD progresses to end stage kidney failure directly without proper diet and treatment, so knowing what to do is very important for patients. Well then what to do with Chronic Kidney Disease?

Firstly, have a understanding about your current illness condition.

CKD can be divided into 5 stages according to Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) and usually, the mild the illness condition, the better the prognosis. Knowing well about your present illness condition will help you avoid unnecessary panic.

Secondly, have a change about your diet.

We can not eat as freely as usual if our kidney function is affected. Generally speaking, for CKD patients, they need to limit protein intake, limit salt intake and fluid intake if they have swollen body. Also, they need to limit potassium intake and phosphorus intake if lab tests show high levels of potassium and phosphorus in blood. What CKD patients can eat really depends on their illness condition, so consulting your doctor before you have a change about your diet.

Thirdly, bringing all the symptoms under control.

Common symptoms of CKD include high blood pressure, proteinuria, swelling, anemia and so on. These symptoms are resulted from decreased kidney function, but in turn, they worsen illness condition and accelerate CKD. Having a tight control about these symptoms will help to slow down the prognosis of kidney disease. Therefore, it is very necessary for CKD patients to bring their symptoms under control.

Fourthly, learn about the different treatment methods of your disease.

There are different treatment method for CKD around this world and some of them indeed show great treatment effects. However, because of the regional difference and difference of medical technology, some of the treatment methods are not acquired by people in other countries. Therefore, it is necessary to learn about the different treatment method of CKD in different countries and you may found more effective and natural remedies.

Fifthly, know the possible prognosis of your disease in advance.

We usually have different prognosis with CKD in different stages and different treatment methods. Knowing the possible prognosis of your illness condition will allow you to have a arrangement about your future life.

CKD is uncurable, but luckly it can be treated well with timely diagnosis and effective treatment, so please do not feel depressed and keep being optimistic once unfortunately being diagnosed with CKD.