My mother (diabetic and hypertensive) recently found that her serum creatinine level has shot up to 4.5 mg/dl and serum urea up to 110 mg/dl. Her serum potassium is 3.4 m. Eq/L and sodium is 136 m Eq/L. She is very afraid of dialysis. Is there any other choice to delay the progression.
Specifically for diabetic kidney disease, ACE inhibitors, glucose control and smoking cessation have been shown to slow the progression of kidney disease. In terms of other causes of kidney dysfunction (such as high blood pressure) controlling those risk factors will keep the two situations from adding to each other and making things overall worse.
I am in the same boat. Just learned my creatinine is now 3.5. How much longer do I have to aviod dialysis? I have been told to get a stent in my arm, or a graft. Stat
I am scared too.
I am 65 years young, female, fairly healthy (no high blood pressure, no diabetes) and I too have a creatinine level of 5.41, BUN 54 but NO symptoms. How long can I wait?
Another thing that may slow progression of chronic kidney disease is a low protein diet. Depending on how far the disease has progressed, you may want to ask the nephrologist/internist for a referral to a dietitian.
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