How long can patients live with the fourth stage of CKD.

When people are attacked by CKD, due to the disease is difficult to treat, patients are very curious about their life expectancy. And with the development of the disease, patients suffer more and more symptoms. But due to the difficult treatment and physical conditions, patients enjoy the different life expectancy. And how long can stage 4 CKD patients live?

The chronic kidney disease can be divided into 4 stages clinically, in the whole procedure, the kidney will be gradually damaged and functions worsening, when it comes to the fouth stage, which is called the end stage renal failure, the remained glomerulus filtration rate will declined to less than 10 to 15 milliliter per minute, if no dialysis or other measures to help discharge wastes and maintain related metabolic balance, patients will get faint and pass away in few days.

Patients at the end-stage renal failure usually have much toxins retained in blood, if there kidney can not fulfill the functions at all, they will have to do dialysis alleviate the symptoms, while it can’t avoid some complications that might happen, such as diarrhea, bleeding, blood pressure increase and arrhythmia, the complications are risk factors that threaten patients lives greatly, patients can live a longer life only when they can get proper monitoring and treatment and stay in a relatively stable condition, while the procedure would be very difficult.

But just because patients come across serious symptoms doesn’t mean that their kidneys have lost all functions, as long as patients have urine output, there is always have a small portion of nephrons left undamaged, and some are not totally damaged and can be repaired to recover its function. These kidney units are key point to patients’ prognosis, if they can be protected well, patients will be able to have a much better condition, it is even possible for them to have average life expectancy as normal people.
The chronic kidney disease is supposed to be treated at the early stage, because the condition can be very changeful due to many causing factors, and even when they have reached the fouth stage, there has possibility to have it controlled, so patients should not give up the treatment on protecting the kidney units and wait for the kidney function to get lost completely.

All in all, there is not an exact answer for the question that how long stage 4 CKD can live. But stage 4 CKD patients can do a lot to control the development of the disease and live a longer life. And if you want to know more information about stage 4 CKD or treatment suggestions, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyfight@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.