Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) treatment.

Early stage CKD, means that your kidneys have lost a small percentage of their filtering function, at this stage there are several medications that will help to slow down the damage of the kidneys, please remember that at an early stage, there are no symptoms, is very important to perform regular blood and urine tests, specially if you suffer from diabetes and high blood pressure.

End Stage Renal Disease or ESRD, at this stage, the kidneys are no longer working properly, they are not filtering the blood, so wastes and water builds up on your body, at this stage there are symptoms as follows:

• Loss of appetite
• Weigh fluctuations
• Swelling of knees and ankles 
• Nausea
• Weakness
• Itching and strong pain, specially on legs

There are only two treatments for ESRD, a transplant or dialysis. Dialysis is the treatment on which the blood is filtered by the use of an artificial kidney. The types of dialysis are:
Hemodialysis: This is perform by a machine or artificial kidney, can be in-center at a dialysis clinic 3-4 days a week for 3-4 hours, at home 5-6 days a week for 2-3 hours, nocturnal in-center, 5-6 days a week 6-8 hours, while patient is sleeping.
Peritoneal Dialysis: In order to filter your blood, this method uses the lining of your abdomen or the peritoneal membrane.