Treatment for Stage 4 CKD with Kidney Function 25%

It is called stage 4 chronic kidney disease (CKD) when GFR has been severely reduced to 15-29. In this stage there have been advanced renal damages and more than 2/3 kidney functions have been lost.

Kidney function of 25% means that the illness condition is still in the early period of stage 4 CKD, therefore there is still great chance to increase GFR and kidney functions with timely and effective treatments.

From the perspective of western medicines, there is no effective prevention and treatment for stage 4 with 25% kidney function. Dialysis and kidney transplant will be the final doom when kidney functions further drops to 15% and illness conditions become even worsen.

However there are a lot of things that can be done from the perspective of Chinese medicines.

The aim of effective treatments is to prevent further renal damage and preserve kidney function of 25%. The first step is to stabilize the illness condition and then renal damages should be repaired so as to further improve kidney functions and delay its progression into the end stage.

Chinese herbal medicines are a good choice for treating stage 4 CKD with kidney functions of 25%. But you need to make sure that the herbal medicines are prescribed by professional herbal medicine practitioner after careful and thorough review of all your test results.

Besides orally intake herbal medicines, there are at present many patent herbal medicines and external application of Chinese medicines such as Micro-Chinese medicines, lavipeditum, medicated bath which can be combined together to enhance curative effects and promote recovery.

To make it simple, the drug mechanism of Chinese herbal medicines is remove blood and Qi stasis and promote blood circulation which on one hand can promote the clearing of metabolic wastes and pathological factors out of the body and on the other hand, it can improve blood flow to the kidneys so as to alleviate renal ischemia and hypoxia and provide necessary nutritions to nourish renal cells and tissues.

Herbal medicines need a natural course to take effects and during the treatment, there might also be relapsing and recurrence of illness conditions due to catching cold or other illness conditions. These are all natural and patients should have more patience and adhere to the prescribed medicines, treatment and special diets.