When Should Dialysis Start for Kidney Failure Patients

Many kidney failure patients care about when should dialysis start. Once dialysis begins, it means patients’ life will be affected to a large extent. If you are interested in this topic, now it is time for you to learn more about dialysis treatment.

What creatinine level needs dialysis?

Actually there is no a direct relation between a creatinine level and when dialysis should start. But in general, dialysis will be recommended when creatinine level increases to 5mg/dl in many countries. As a matter of fact, when should dialysis start depends on lab tests and specific symptoms.

When any of the following conditions appears, dialysis should start

-Ccr is less than 10ml/min, Scr is more than 707.2umol/L(8mg/dl)

-For patients with diabetes, Ccr is less than 15ml/min, Scr is more than 530.4umol/L(6mg/dl)

-When water-sodium retention, heart failure or uremic pericarditis happens

-Uncontrolled severe hyperphosphatemia, clinical and X-ray findings of soft tissue calcification

-Severe electrolyte disturbance or metabolic acidosis, like serum potassium is more than 6.5mmol/L, CO2CP is less than 15mmol/L

-Uncontrolled severe high blood pressure

-Severe uremic symptoms like nausea, vomiting, fatigue, etc.

Can kidney failure patients avoid dialysis?

Yes, the answer is definite. It is a fact that no one kidney disease patient wants to experience dialysis one day. While the only way to avoid dialysis is to make kidneys work again by repairing kidney damage and recovering renal function. Nowadays, Chinese medicine therapies are commonly used in the clinic to help treat kidney diseases from the root. You are welcomed to email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com to tell us more about your condition, then our experts will give you details about how to help improve renal function to avoid dialysis.