How to Improve Kidney Failure Stage 4 Prognosis

The prognosis of kidney failure stage 4 is primarily determined by whether the disease can be stopped fundamentally. At present, many patients still take the conventional treatment to deal with stage 4 kidney failure, which decides kidney problem progressive to ESRD (End Stage Renal Disease) sooner or later. Therefore, if we want to improve the prognosis of kidney failure stage 4, fundamental treatment is necessary.

Prognosis of stage 4 kidney failure with conventional treatment

Commonly used treatment for stage 4 kidney failure is oral medicines which has immunosuppressive effects like prednisone. These medications show quick effects in controlling kidney disease, but kidney problem reoccurs easily, especially when they reducing the dose or stop taking medicines. Every relapse of kidney problem will accelerate the progression of kidney problem, so stage 4 kidney failure will eventually progressive to stage 5 if we fail to stop it fundamentally and also patients will suffer from dialysis and kidney transplant.

Prognosis of stage 4 kidney failure with fundamental control

Not everyone with stage 4 kidney failure will certainly have a poor prognosis. For people who keep stage 4 kidney failure under control from the root, they usually have a better prognosis which refers to a higher quality life and a longer life span. But the precondition of this is to remove the root cause of kidney damages fundamentally.

Kidney disease progresses because more and more renal tissues are damaged gradually by inflammatory reaction which occurs when there exist immune complexes in our kidneys. Inflammatory reaction damage surrounding renal tissues directly, so this is the reason why many patients are prescribed with immunosuppressive agents. Actually, if we want to prevent further kidney damages, simply stopping inflammatory reaction is not enough, we must clear these immune complexes away. As long as immune complexes is removed, inflammatory reaction is prevented and also stage 4 kidney failure is stopped as well.

It is commonly seen that patients consult the prognosis of stage 4 kidney failure, but it actually and indeed depends on how they treat their problem. With different medical treatment, patients usually have different prognosis, and this is the reason why prognosis of patients with stage 4 kidney failure varies greatly.