Creatinine 21.17 and BUN 41: What Stage of Kidney Failure Is It
If creatinine 21.17 mg/dl and BUN 41 mg/dl are not caused by heart problems or dehydration, they are more likely to reveal end stage kidney failure or even uremic stage. With creatinine 21.17 and BUN 41, most patients are recommended to begin dialysis for maintaining their life.
Both of so high creatinine level and BUN level means too many waste products and toxins build up in the body and kidneys are damaged severely. If patients have begun dialysis, kidney dialysis can help impaired kidneys to filter blood and remove waste products and toxins. However, if their creatinine and BUN levels are still so high, some alternative treatments are needed.
The first one is Blood Purification. It consists of many blood purifying methods including hemofiltration, plasma exchange, immune adsorption, CRRT, and so on. Compared with hemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis, these blood purification methods can cleanse the blood more completely and prevent some side effects of dialysis. However, these methods are more expensive than simple dialysis treatment.
The second one is Clear Blood Pollution Therapy. This therapy can not only cleanse the polluted blood just as dialysis does but also nourish blood and improve the whole kidney condition, so patients’ glomerular filtration rate (GFR) increases to some extent. Therefore, it may help reduce the frequency of dialysis or even stop dialysis.
The final one is Stem Cell Therapy. When kidneys are destroyed severely or patients don’t have urine output, stem cell therapy is recommended. It can differentiate into new kidney cells and replace damaged kidney cells to work. Therefore, kidneys can recover to work, if stem cell therapy is used successfully.
As for which one is suitable for certain kidney patient, it should depend on his or her illness condition. If you have a similar problem, you can send your test report to kidneyservice@hotmail.com or in the form below. We will give you the reply in 24 hours.
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