Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease Alternative Medicine Treatment

In the third stage of Chronic Kidney Disease, patients’ GFR (glomerular filtration rate) falls to 30～59ml/(min•1.73㎡). Patients fall into renal failure stage based on Chinese traditional standard. The serum creatinine rises to 442 to 707μmol/L(5～8mg/dl). The creatinine clearance rate declines to 20 to 10 ml/min. BUN ( blood urea nitrogen) increased to 179～286mmol/L(50～80mg/dl). Patients with CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease) Stage 3 can also have some symptoms. They will suffer from anemia, balance disorders of water, electrolyte and acid-base.
So stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease patients are seeking for an effective treatment to get rid of suffering from it. How many alternative medicine treatments are there for patients with stage 3 CKD (Chronic Kidney Disease)? Generally, there are three chief methods.
One is western medicine, which mainly includes a variety of hormones and immunosuppressive agents, both of which have no effective methods. Why? They both can play roles in anticoagulation and inhibit immune. But they can only diminish the inflammatory reaction in a short time, control the symptoms for the time being and stop the intrinsic cells from being damaged again. Once patients with Chronic Kidney Disease are caught by cold, tiredness, etc, nephritis will recur again and become even worse. In addition, western medicine has side effects, which can even does harm to kidney.
The second one is Chinese medicine. How about Chinese medicine?
Here, before talking about Chinese medicine, it is necessary to say something about the pathological mechanism of kidney disease. According to the experts in Chinese medicine, the root of most kidney disease is the insufficiency of blood and oxygen in the kidney. When kidney is in the insufficiency of blood and oxygen, some intrinsic cells in the kidney will be damaged. With the long time lasting of insufficiency of blood and oxygen, some intrinsic cells even get necrotic, leading to renal fibrosis at last. In stage 3 of chronic kidney disease, lots of intrinsic cells are damaged and even get necrotic, leading to the shrink of kidney.
Aimed at repairing the damaged intrinsic cells, Chinese medicine contains many active and nutritious materials, which can improve the insufficiency of blood and oxygen, repair the damaged intrinsic cells and recover renal function. One shortcoming for Chinese medicine is that it has nothing to do with the necrotic cells. So, when kidney disease is serious, for example, stage 3 of chronic kidney disease, we should search another therapy.
The third therapy is stem cell transplant, which can make up or complement the shortcoming of Chinese medicine. Stem cells have potential to differentiate into cells which has different functions which the body or the kidney is in need of. So it can regenerate into necrotic intrinsic cells and revive the renal function.
In other words, the combination of Chinese medicine and stem cell can achieve a better treatment.