Symptoms and Treatments of Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Diseae

A patient with stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) means his GFR is at the level of 15~29ml/min. In this stage, patients’ kidney function is severely damaged, which causes metabolic waste and other harmful substances building up in the blood, so patients have the risks of developing many symptoms. A correct treatment can help not only ease patients’ symptoms but also stop the progression of stage 4 CKD.

Symptoms of stage 4 CKD:

1. Edema

Patients may find edema around his eyes or in his lower hands and lower legs, and patients with severe edema may find hard to breathe. The kidney damage make it impossible to keep the fluid and sodium balance, and this is why edema appears.

2. Tiredness

Patient feeling tired is common in stage 4 CKD. Because of kidney damage, kidney loses its function of producing erythropoietin, which will reduce the amount of red blood cells. Red blood cells can take oxygen to anywhere of body through blood vessels, so the shortage of red blood cells, also called anemia, makes patient feel tired.

3. Kidney pain

Most patients don’t have kidney pain, but some kinds of kidney diseases like Polycystic Kidney Disease may make patient feel painful where the kidney is located.

4. Urination changes

Urine may be foamy because there is protein in it. Abnormal color appears, such as brown, tea colored or red. Frequency of urination may also change, for example, patients have symptoms like getting up at night to go to bathroom.

5. Nausea and vomiting

The damage of kidney function caused the accumulation of metabolic waste and poisonous substance in blood, which may damage intestines and stomach. That is why many patients experience nausea and vomiting.

6. Difficulties in concentrating

Blood with metabolic waste and poisonous substance can damage nerve system, which may make patient have difficulties to focus his attention on what he is doing.

Treatment of stage 4 CKD

Patient in stage 4 CKD needs to see a nephrologist at least every three months. The doctor must examine patient’s condition to see if he has symptoms like blood pressure and diabetes, and carry out tests of blood and urine to make sure the kidney condition by the levels of creatinine, phosphorus, calcium and protein in them, then gives best recommendations based on the results. Because the kidney damage is severe in stage 4 CKD, therapies like dialysis and kidney transplant may be carried out in the near future.

From the above analysis, we can know a treatment that can reverse or at least stop the decline of kidney function is very necessary, otherwise, patients’ condition is more likely to progresses into end stage where they have to live with dialysis or kidney transplant. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Immunotherapy and blood pollution therapy are three treatments used maturely to treat chronic kidney disease. Consult the online doctor to see which one is suitable for you.