When Is Dialysis Started Stage 4 or Stage 5

Dialysis is kidney replacement treatment for kidney failure patients to prolong their life. When is dialysis started? Stage 4 or stage 5? If you do not have a clear mind of this question, go on reading to learn more information.

Generally speaking, when your kidney disease enters stage 4, you should prepare for dialysis, for example, to do a fistula, to choose the types of dialysis, etc. In stage 5, you should start dialysis. However, there is not strict regulation that you have to start dialysis in stage 5. For some kidney patients, they have a lot of severe body malaise, for example, headache, high blood pressure, nausea, vomiting, severe swelling and so on. In such a case, you should start dialysis early. For some patients, they do not have any body malaise even in stage 5. In such a case, you can put off dialysis.

I think no matter which kinds of people you are, you do not want to start dialysis. Right? If so, you should take treatment immediately to improve your kidney function.

In Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital, Toxin-Removing Treatment is a better choice than dialysis. It can work like dialysis to cleanse waste products and excess fluid from the blood. But it works better than dialysis, because it can also draw toxins out of the renal cells. When toxins inside and outside of renal cells, you set up a good blood environment for the damaged kidneys to repair themselves. Besides, a good blood condition can help transport oxygen, nutrients and active ingredients of medications to kidneys successfully, which can speed up kidney recovery. After several days’ treatment, there will be obviously changes in your conditions, for example, your swelling will disappear; your appetite will become good; your proteinuria will reduce; your high blood pressure will stabilize; etc. After about a month’s treatment, your creatinine level will come down; your GFR will increase; etc. But to achieve a better therapeutic effect, you have to prepare for long-term treatment about 1-2 years or 3-4 years. And then it is possible for you to keep dialysis away.

When is dialysis started? Stage 4 or stage 5? It depends on your conditions. If you would like to get an accurate answer, you can describe the detailed information on your medical condition to our online doctor or send a scanned copy of your medical test to kidneycares@hotmail.com. We can help you analyze your case and give you personalized guidance on treatment.