How is Kidney Disease Stage 3 Different from Kidney Disease Stage 4?
Here is basic information about the difference between stage 3 and stage 4 of kidney disease:The stage 4 kidney disease is characterized by a failure of more than 70% of the kidney’s functions. Patients who have reached this stage are usually advised to get ready for renal replacement therapy that involves kidney transplant and dialysis.
A patient who is at 3rd stage kidney disease is not likely to reach thechronic kidney disease stage 4 phase if he implements appropriate lifestyle changes and if active treatments are employed.
The stage 3 chronic kidney failure is only characterized by a moderate decline of kidney functions. If a patient who is at stage 3 does not take the necessary measure, it is easy to slide down to the stage four kidney disease.
How Many More Years to Live?
Kidney failure undergoes 5 stages. Every stage is correspondent with a level of the so-called glomerular filtration rate (GFR). The lower the level of GFR is, the more advanced is the stage of renal failure.For example, the GFR for stage 2 is within the range 60 to 89 ml/min while for stage 3, the GFR is within the range of 30 to 59. At a GFR level that’s higher than 50, the kidneys are still normally functioning and can support the physiological needs of the body.
Life expectancy computations are usually done for fourth stage cases, although anyone can do the computation for as long as the creatinine count of a person is available. Just use online GFR calculators if you are interested. The National Kidney Institute has one of such online calculators.
If you want to estimate stage-3-kidney-disease life expectancy for a patient who’s suffering from stage 3 of the disease, just input in the calculator the person’s age, sex, body size, creatinine count, and race. Or just ask your doctor to do the computation for you.
Treatments
If you could find a suitable treatments I believe kidney failure can be reserved .Do you heard Top Seven TCM Therapies? After years of research and experience accumulation, Shijiazhuang Nephropathy
Hospital experienced several stages of practical study, including taking Chinese
medicine orally, hot compress with Chinese medicine, bath with Chinese medicine,
cycle therapy with Chinese medicine, etc, and obtained a lot of valuable
experience in TCM therapy. Gradually, we selected seven TCM therapies from
numerous treatments to combine them organically, and formed a set of
stereoscopic therapy of TCM.
The seven TCM stereoscopic therapies include: cycle therapy, hot compress therapy, foot bath therapy, full bath therapy, enema therapy, Oral Chinese Medicine Therapy, moxibustion therapy.
Each of seven therapies has its own disadvantages and forms the system by itself. Related and complemented to each other, they form an organic stereoscopic system of therapy.
The seven TCM stereoscopic therapies include: cycle therapy, hot compress therapy, foot bath therapy, full bath therapy, enema therapy, Oral Chinese Medicine Therapy, moxibustion therapy.
Each of seven therapies has its own disadvantages and forms the system by itself. Related and complemented to each other, they form an organic stereoscopic system of therapy.
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