Will dialysis reduce creatinine level? Some kidney disease patients who are
under dialysis or ready to take dialysis put forward this question.
Frankly speaking, dialysis can reduce creatinine to some extent. Creatinine
is small molecule produced by metabolism of muscles. Dialysis is used to
discharge small molecules out of the body such as creatinine, urea acid and urea
nitrogen, etc.
However, dialysis can not treat kidney disease fundamentally. Why? We should
explain from the pathological mechanism. Most chronic kidney diseases are caused
by immune disorder. The virus and bacteria which attacks the body is called
antigen and cells in immune system which protect the body is called antigen. The
combination of antigen and antibody is called immune complex. In normal
condition, our body can clear away them out of the body. However, when the
immune system is damaged, the immune complex will stay in the blood or deposits.
If it deposits into the kidney, immune reaction will take place to clear away
it. Because the immune system is damaged, immune reaction will not stop, thus
causing further damaged to the kidney cells, in which case, basilar membrane
will damaged, and protein and red blood cells etc will leak out, thus forming
proteinuria and hematuria and other symptoms such as high creatinine.
So if we want to reduce creatinine, we should repair the damaged immune
system. Only in this way, can we reduce creatinine from root. When people with
end stage kidney disease or uremia want to treat, they should firstly take
dialysis to reduce toxins in the body, which is essential in the whole
treatment. After this, immunotherapy must be followed to have further treatment.
In this treatment, Chinese herbs are applied, which can repair the damaged
intrinsic cells and increase the immune ability. If necessary, stem cell is also
applied to differentiate into those which have been necrotic. The dialysis and
immune treatment together can reduce creatinine from root.
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