Gfr Mild Kidney Disease. The following home remedies can complement a healthy diet for stage 2 ckd management. Kidney disease often starts slowly and develops without symptoms over a number of years so ckd may not be detected until it has progressed to the point where your kidney function is quite low.
The last two steps 4 5 may become important as your kidney function goes down. If gfr goes down it s a bad sign. Glomerular filtration rate is a measurement of how well your kidneys are working to clean your blood.
Choose and prepare foods with less salt and sodium.
Your doctor will want to investigate the cause of your kidney disease and continue to check your kidney function to help plan your treatment. Back pain chest pain decreased mental sharpness fatigue loss of appetite muscle twitches or cramps nausea and vomiting persistent itching shortness of breath sleep problems swelling of the hands and feet urinating more or less than usual weakness. The first three steps 1 3 are important for all people with kidney disease. Gfr number by age the normal range of kidney glomerular filtration rate is 100 to 130 ml min 1 73m2 in men and 90 to 120ml min 1 73m2 in women below the age of 40.