5 Stages Of Kidney Failure. In stage 5 also known as end stage renal failure patients will have less than 15 percent of their kidney function remaining. In stage 5 your gfr is less than 15 and your body is either about to go into kidney failure or is in kidney failure.
In the early stages of kidney disease your kidneys are still able to filter out waste from your blood. The national kidney foundation nkf has created a guideline to make it easier for doctors to identify different stages of kidney disease. This stage of the disease is also called end stage kidney disease eskd and end stage renal disease esrd.
When that happens the buildup of waste and toxins becomes life threatening.
In stage 5 also known as end stage renal failure patients will have less than 15 percent of their kidney function remaining. In the early stages of kidney disease your kidneys are still able to filter out waste from your blood. Stage 5 0 14 this is also know as end stage kidney failure once a person is here the may be on dialysis already or they can be doing dialysis while waiting for a transplant but once here there is little they can do to change out of this stage people can be on dialysis for20 or 30 years. When that happens the buildup of waste and toxins becomes life threatening.