How Long A Person With Stage 3 Kidney Disease Live

Kidney disease can be divided into 5 stages according to the severity of renal damages and residual kidney functions. Stage 3 kidney disease is very common and it means that renal functions have been moderately damaged, but it is not serious enough to begin dialysis or kidney transplant.

Patients on stage 3 kidney disease especially latter stage 3 will have developed a series of symptoms and discomforts such as nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, fatigue, anemia, high blood pressure, headache, muscle cramps, skin itching, bone pains, back pains and other general sick feelings. Besides, some life-threatening complications can also develop. These symptoms and complications can sometimes become very serious, therefore patients and their families and friends are very worried how long a person of stage 3 kidney disease can live.

If no treatment is sought, illness conditions will continue to become worse and more renal functions will be lost. If illness progresses into the final stage, patients usually live no more than months. As for how long it progresses from stage 3 into stage 5, it really depends on the patient’s specific conditions. Many factors need to be taken into account including the patient’s age, gender, other concurrent illness conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, heart diseases, etc.

With effective and early treatment, proper adjustment of life styles and eating habits, patients’s life expectancy can be greatly prolonged.

Stage 3 kidney disease patients need to limit protein intake to reduce the production of nitrogenous wastes so as to reduce burdens to the kidneys and protect residual kidney functions. Illness progression can be much slowed with protein-controlled diets. Fresh vegetables and fruits that are high in vitamins are good for protecting residual kidney functions.

Since stage 3 kidney disease is still too early to begin dialysis or kidney transplant, western therapies have no effective remedies to prevent further illness progression besides controlling symptoms. In this regard, Chinese medicines are good choice. Though it takes relatively longer time for Chinese medicines than western medicines to have obvious curative effects, it can solve the root problem so as to prevent further deterioration of kidney functions and the symptoms can be cured from the root.