Can People with Stage 5 CKD Live without Dialysis

Most people with Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease have already begun dialysis or done kidney transplant to extend their life expectancy. However, patients who suffer from side effects of dialysis or the ones who haven’t started dialysis always want to know “can people with Stage 5 CKD live without dialysis”.

In Stage 5 Chronic Kidney Disease, also known as end stage kidney disease, more than 85% of kidney function has lost, that is to say, the kidneys have lost nearly all their ability to do their job effectively so that dialysis or a kidney transplant is needed to live. However, dialysis is only a kidney replacement therapy not a kidney repairing treatment. Most often, the longer people undergone dialysis, the weaker their body. This urgers people who just begin dialysis or haven’t begun dialysis to wonder whether there is a treatment to help people with stage 5 CKD live without dialysis.

We know low kidney function is the crucial factor that determines the exact time when people with Stage 5 CKD should begin dialysis. In view of this, if patients want to avoid dialysis or further dialysis, improving their kidney function is a must. Is there such a treatment to help them achieve this goal?

Because kidney damage is due to poor blood and oxygen supply to the kidney cells, the effective treatment should be the one that can help transport more nutrition for these kidney cell. However, some kidney cells are just damaged but some others have been necrotic. At present, no specific treatment is able to make the necrotic cells alive again, and what we can do is to repair the damaged kidney cells. At present, there are mainly two therapies that can help repair damaged kidney cells: Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy and Immunotherapy. They are suitable for different patients. Therefore, people who are bothered by the question-can people with Stage 5 CKD live without dialysis should choose a suitable treatment according to their condition.