Healing Kidney Failure Naturally
SAVE YOUR KIDNEYS AND ENJOY THE LIFE
There is no need to go for dialysis to the patients who have not yet started the dialysis, and the ones who have started their dialysis recently, is possible to stop the dialysis in coming months. And keep the thought of Kidney Transplantation away from your mind.
The diet of the kidney patient should be decided on the basis of the level of the waste products like urea, creatinine, sodium, potassium, phosphorous in the blood as per the blood test. Remember! Kidney disease is managed not only with the medicines but also with diet restriction .Depending only on the medicines without diet restriction will be fatal. Death may occur if they won’t follow strict diet restrictions. Test for Kidney has started functioning: Purchase urine measurement pot from medical store. On the first day before you start the treatment take your first urine in a white bottle. It will be observed to be hazy & having bad odour after 12 day or 14 day takes the first urine and checks it. When the urine is found clear and without bad odour, it denotes that kidneys have started functioning normally.
NOTE: Begin with fruit fasting for 7 days before 14 days detox program mentioned at page no.31
2 bananas; 1 papaya; 1 pomegranate; 1 apple; 1 glass beet juice in combination with carrot juice. Only give one cup barely soup and one cup Ragi kheer. Remember! Kidney patients must put on liquid diet. Initially no solid or cooked food is given. The total fluid intake should be limited to an amount equal to urine volume plus 500ml.
Symptoms of Chronic Kidney Disease:
· Changes in urination - making more or less urine than usual, feeling pressure when urinating changes in the color of urine, foamy or bubbly urine, or having to get up at night to urinate.
· Swelling of the feet, ankles, hands or face - fluid the kidneys can’t remove may stay in the tissues.
· Fatigue or Weakness - a build up of wastes or a shortage of red blood cells (anemia) can cause these problems when the kidneys begin to fails.
· Shortness of breath - kidney failure is some times confused with asthma or heart failure, because fluid cans build up in the lungs.
· Ammonia Breath or an ammonia or metal taste in the mouth – waste build up in the body can cause bad breath, changes in taste, or an aversion to protein foods like meat.
· Back or Flank pain – the kidneys are located on either side of the spine in the back.
· Itching - waste up build in the body can cause severe itching, especially of the legs.
· Loss of appetite & Nausea and Vomiting
Stages of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD):
Stages | Description | G FR Level |
Normal kidney Function | Healthy Kidneys | 90mL/min or more |
Stage 1 | Damage – normal or high GFR | 90mL/min or more |
Stage 2 | Damage – mild decrease in GFR | 60 to 89 mL/min |
Stage 3 | Moderate decrease in GFR | 30 to 59 mL/min |
Stage 4 | Severe decrease in GFR | 15 to 29 mL/min |
Stage 5 | Kidney Failure | Less than 15 mL /min or on dialysis. |
“GFR Level “– Glomerular Filtration Rate, is a measure of how well your kidneys are cleaning your blood. Based on Creatinine Measurement GFR is a calculation of how efficiently the kidneys are filtering wastes from the blood. Your GFR is the best indicator of how well your kidneys are working.
In stage 1 and stage 2 CKD, there are often few symptoms. Early CKD is usually diagnosed when there is: High Blood Pressure ; Higher than normal levels of creatinine or urea in the blood ; Blood or protein in the urine ;Evidence of kidney damage in an MRI, CT scan, Ultra sound , or contrast X- ray ; A family history of polycystic kidney disease. In stage 3 CKD, anemia (a shortage of red blood cells) and /or early bone disease may appear and should be treated to help you feel your best and reduce problems down the road.
Blood Urea Nitrogen: (BUN) Blood carries protein to cells throughout the body. After the cells use the protein, the remaining waste product is returned to the blood as urea compound that contains nitrogen. Healthy kidneys take urea out of the blood and put it in the urine. If your kidneys are not working well, the urea will stay in the blood. A deciliter of normal blood contains 7 to 20 milligrams of urea. If your BUN is more than 20 mg/dL, your kidneys may not be working at full strength. Other possible causes of an elevated BUN include dehydration and heart failure.
Periodical Medical Check – up: Routine blood and urine tests. Three simple tests to screen of kidney disease: a blood pressure measurement, a spot check for protein or albumin in the urine (proteinuria), and a calculation of glomerular filtration rate (GFR) based on a serum creatinine measurement. Measurement urea nitrogen in the blood provides additional information. (Maintain your medical records in reverse chronological order i.e. oldest ones last and newest ones first.)
Things to avoid: Aspirin-used other than recommended or long term. Ibuprofen-used other than recommended or long term. Acetaminophen-used long term, or other than recommended. Naproxen-used other than recommended or long term. Any analgesic (pain killer)-used in combination with another can cause kidney failure harm. Any analgesic combination which also contains caffeine or codeine-can cause kidney failure. Out-dated tetracyclines-are poisons. Toluene inhalation (industrial exposure or glue sniffing). Combining over the counter drugs or prescription drugs with alcohol. Normal aging usually takes its toll on the kidneys naturally. That is the common belief. I don't know if I completely agree. Sure they will wear out sooner or later, but some people do live full, healthy lives well into their 100's. I think it is because of their lifestyle and eating habits. As well as their outlook on life. We do have 2 kidneys so even if one wore out at 50 we should have another 50 years on the other one! So for goodness sake take every precaution to keep from getting to the point of having your kidneys fail.
Contributing factors of kidney failure : Degenerative diseases; congestive heart failure; anemia;-rheumatoid arthritis; fibrinogen formation; fibrosis; diabetes; asthma; lupus; psoriasis; kidney stone etc.Kidney Function Tests: Any disturbance in the functioning of the kidneys can be judged from a series of tests conducted on the blood and urine of the patient. The extent of damage to the kidney, if may, can be easily detected on the basis of the following biochemical tests.
| Sr. no. | determination | Normal values | Increased in | Decreased in |
| 1 | SGPT | 5-35IU at 37˚C | - | Renal insufficiency |
| 2 | Albumin | 3.3-4.8gm/dl | - | Renal disease |
| 3 | Calcium | 9.0-11.0mg/dl 4.5-5.5mEq/L | - | Chronic Renal disease |
| 4 | Chloride | 95-106mEq/L | Renal tubular disease | Salt-losing Renal disease |
| 5 | Cholesterol | 150-250mg/dl | Nephrotic syndrome | - |
| 6 | Creatinine | 0.7-1.5mg/dl | Impaired renal function | - |
| 7 | Glucose | 70-110mg/dl | Chronic Renal Failure | - |
| 8 | Magnesium | 1.2-2.4mEq/L | Renal disease | - |
| 9 | Inorganic Phosphorus | 2.5-4.5mg/dl(adult) 4.0-6.0mg/dl(child) | Renal insufficiency | - |
| 10 | Potassium | 3.8-5.6mEq/l | Renal glomerular disease | Renal tubular disease |
| 11 | Sodium | 133-146mEq/L | - | Salt-losing nephritis |
| 12 | Total Protein | 6-8gm/dl | - | Renal disease (protein-losing) |
| 13 | Triglycerides | 10-190mg/dl | Nephrotic syndrome | - |
| 14 | Uric acid | 2.0-7.0mg/dl | Renal failure | Renal tubular defect |
| 15 | Urea nitrogen | 7.0-23mg/dl | Impaired renal function post-renal conditions |
In urine (24 hrs collection): Clearance test are designed to measure the efficiency with which the kidneys remove certain substances from the blood. Urea and creatinine are commonly measured for clinical purpose. The normal value of adults for creatinine clearance ranges between 100- 180ml/minute. While normal urea clearance are 50-100ml/minute. These values multiplied by 1.4 give liters per day. Ideally, clearance should be corrected for body size. In early cases of kidney diseases, a fall in the clearance rate may occur before the serum creatinine and urea level rise above normal.
Dialysis:
Dialysis can not replace the healthy and normal function of kidneys but it allows patients to avoid the life threatening features of uremia. Dialysis does not help to relieve all the symptoms of chronic renal failure and the patient must continue to observe dietary and fluid restrictions. The main function of kidneys is to excrete the waste products of the body. When the kidneys are damaged waste products like creatinine, urea etc. are accumulated in the body and becomes toxic condition. Nausea, Vomiting, dyspnoea, weakness are some of the symptoms of such condition. The patient is put on a dialysis machine to duplicate the kidney’s function to clean the blood and body from the toxic elements accumulated. In order to achieve maximum benefit of the treatment it is important to adhere to your diet.
