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Kidney Is Working About 3 Percent, Not On Dialysis. Can It Repair By Itself?

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Posted on Sun, 15 Sep 2013
Question: my kidney is working about 3 percent what does it mean and was told I'm lucky I am not on dialysis. Can my kidney repair it self if I drink a lot of water and stay away from salt.
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Answered by Dr. Venkat Sivayogi (45 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Kidney disease is estimated on GFR/e-GFR values

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to Healthcare Magic,

As per the description of your problem, We cannot estimate the kidney function on percentage basis but kidney function will be estimated on basis of Measured GFR(GFR-glomerular filtration rate) or e-GFR (estimated-glomerular filtartion rate)

According to the GFR value the kidney disease can be divided into various stages.

For only end stage renal disease patients, it requires dialysis.

If you want to check various stages, please click the link below:

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Hope i have cleared your query,
If you need any further clarifications, let me know.
regards,
Dr.SIVAYOGI
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Kidney Is Working About 3 Percent, Not On Dialysis. Can It Repair By Itself?

Brief Answer:
Kidney disease is estimated on GFR/e-GFR values

Detailed Answer:
Hi,
Welcome to Healthcare Magic,

As per the description of your problem, We cannot estimate the kidney function on percentage basis but kidney function will be estimated on basis of Measured GFR(GFR-glomerular filtration rate) or e-GFR (estimated-glomerular filtartion rate)

According to the GFR value the kidney disease can be divided into various stages.

For only end stage renal disease patients, it requires dialysis.

If you want to check various stages, please click the link below:

WWW.WWWW.WW
Hope i have cleared your query,
If you need any further clarifications, let me know.
regards,
Dr.SIVAYOGI