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Swelling in CKD Stage 4: Causes and Treatment

2013-05-08 11:01

Swelling in CKD Stage 4: Causes and TreatmentPeople with CKD stage 4 usually have lost more than 70% of kidney function, and damaged kidneys are more likely to cause many symptoms as well as swelling that affects patients’ life quality largely. Today, you can make clear the causes of swelling in CKD stage 4 and then find out the correct treatment.

There are mainly three causes that can contribute to swelling or edema in kidney disease.

The kidney tiny filters, glomeruli, are damaged, while kidney tubules can still work very well. The decreased kidney filtration function and good reabsorption function can lead to water and sodium retention, companying with increased permeability of small blood vessels throughout the body. Then, swelling or edema occurs easily.

In some cases, a lot of protein leaks from the body into the urine and forms proteinuria. Heavy protein leakage can cause low plasma protein level and then swelling. Another cause, anemia, is not as common as the above two factors. People with stage 4 CKD may be tested out decreased blood cell count and low hemoglobin that are symptoms of anemia.

Treatment for swelling in CKD stage 4

The later two causes are relatively more easy to deal with. If you find you have heavy proteinuria or anemia, correct medicines and a healthy diet can work very well. Normally, to ease protein leakage, steroids or immunosuppressive agents are used commonly. We must affirm that these medicines indeed have an obvious effect of easing proteinuria and swelling. If your swelling is due to anemia, a diet rich in nutrition can help you to enjoy a more healthy life.

As for low kidney filtration function, it is difficult to make it work like before, but some treatments such as Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy and Immunotherapy indeed can help you improve your kidney function so that you can live well with increased kidney function. You need to choose a suitable treatment according to your specific condition.

If you still have any follow-up questions about your diet or treatment, feel free to let us know so that we can give you some useful suggestions.


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