Treatment Goal of Stage 3 CKD

Stage 3 CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) stops progressing, if treated with proper treatment. CKD is a progressive disease with long course and in different stages, treatment goals differ because of different illness condition. So, what should be the treatment goal for patients with stage 3 CKD and how to achieve it?

Treatment goal for stage 3 CKD

CKD stage 3 refers to kidney condition with GFR 30 to 59. In such a case, kidney function has been impaired to the level that fail to discharge wastes fully from body. What is worse, without treatment, kidney function decrease continuously, as a result of which, much more harmful substances build up and therefore threaten patient's life. Therefore, treatment for stage 3 CKD should be able to avoid further kidney damages and reduce harmful substances in the blood.

In conclusion, treatment goals for CKD stage 3 are effective prevention of further kidney damages and excretion to wastes produced by our body.

How to achieve treatment goal of CKD stage 3?

CKD stage 3 progresses because more and more renal intrinsic cells are damaged. During this process, there are dead renal cells, damaged renal cells and healthy renal cells in patient's body. We can not bring dead renal cells back to life, so CKD stage 3 can not be cured. But fortunately, through effective medicines, these damaged renal cells can be activated to work again. In this way of repairing damaged renal cells, CKD stage 3 can be stopped to progress to stage 4.

Besides, with kidney damages, wastes like creatinine and blood urea nitrogen build up in the blood. Creatinine is the end produce of meat and blood urea nitrogen is produced when there is much protein. Therefore, through changing our diet, generation of both creatinine and blood urea nitrogen can be reduced effectively. In such a condition, compared with increased kidney function, creatinine level and blood urea nitrogen level can be lowered effectively.

With stage 3 CKD, we not only know clear whether we need to receive treatment, but also how to achieve our treatment goal. Only in this way, can we achieve our goal easier.