Do Kidneys Shrink When They Fail

When you do ultrasound test, you may find that your kidneys become small gradually. Do kidneys shrink when they fail? Go on reading, you will get the answer.

In general, in the early stage of kidney disease, your kidneys won’t shrink. On the contrary, they may enlarge due to ultrafiltration rate for Diabetic Nephropathy patients. For PKD patients, their kidneys won’t shrink as well. With the growth of kidney cysts, their kidneys become big and big. For most kidney patients, kidneys shrink due to ischemia and anoxia. Therefore, to prevent kidney shrinkage, we should improve ischemia and anoxia in the kidneys.

How to treat shrunk kidneys in Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital?

In our hospital, we use Chinese medicine. In Chinese medicine, there are various therapies, including circle therapy, enema therapy, medicated foot bath, medicated full bath, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, acupuncture, moxibustion, etc. Some of them can dilate blood vessels to increase blood flow into kidneys. Some can speed up blood circulation and remove stasis to improve blood circulation so that more blood can go through the kidneys. And then we can improve ischemia and anoxia in the kidneys to prevent and treat kidney shrinkage. But that is not enough. Some therapies can help clear waste products away from the blood and some can draw toxins out of the renal cells to set up a good blood environment for the damaged kidneys to heal themselves.

After a short-term treatment, some of your symptoms such as fatigue, swelling, proteinuria, high blood pressure and so on will get relieved. After a long-term treatment, your kidney function will improve and your kidney size will recover.

Do kidneys shrink when they fail? Yes, with the progression of your kidney failure, it is likely for your kidneys to shrink. As long as your kidneys are smaller than 6cm, you may have to spend your remaining life on dialysis. Therefore, the earlier you start treatment, the better your prognosis. For more information on kidney failure treatment, please leave a message below or send emails to kidneycares@hotmail.com. Later our nephrologist on duty will contact you.