Usually kidney shrinkage results from advanced kidney disease, such as
advanced diabetic kidney disease, hypertensive kidney disease and vascular
kidney disease. Before the question of is dialysis required when your kidney
shrinks is answered, how does kidney diseases causes shrinking kidneys should be
established.
Why my kidneys shrink?
Due to many advanced kidney diseases, renal damages aggravate gradually. The
common output of renal damages is renal ischemia and anemia, in which situation
sufficient oxygen and blood can not be afforded to renal lesions. As a result,
your kidneys will become not fresh than normal ones and start to shrink little
by little.
Is dialysis is required, if your kidney shrink?
If one kidney shrinks while the other one is completely normal, it is usually
possible for patients to lead a full life without much problems. However, if
both kidneys become small, maybe your kidney disease has already stepped into
renal failure stage.
Whether dialysis is required depends on individual condition, so your doctor
may ask your do some tests for further decision. Normally, dialysis is
recommended when your kidney functions drops to 15% or less, or if you have
severe symptoms related to your kidney disorders, such as extremely fatigue,
shortness of breath, failing to lie on back etc. Your doctor will help you
decide when to begin dialysis, if necessary. All your doctor’s advices are based
on your lab tests.
However, dialysis alone can not refresh your kidneys or make them bigger than
before. Dialysis is only used to remove the wastes and excess water which should
be filtered out by kidneys.
The key to control the further kidney shrinkage is to transport sufficient or
more oxygen and blood to renal lesions, thus stops renal fibrosis. By far, there
is no available solution in western medical filed. However, the Ancient Chinese
Herbal Medicine is proved to dilate blood vessels. In this way, renal thrombus
will be resolved and renal blood circulation will speed up, bringing more oxygen
and blood to renal lesion, thus “revive” the damage part. Meantime, some herbs
aim at anti-inflammation or contain much minerals, which will provide a
favorable environment to repair impaired kidneys and improve renal
functions.
As long as your renal functions can improve to a certain degree, you will not
need to take dialysis any more. Therefore, whether your need dialysis in the
condition of shrinking kidneys is determined by individual condition and the
treatment you are taking. If you need any help about kidney shrinkage or Chinese
herbal medicine or Traditonal Chinese Medicine, you can mail to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com
