What does stage 3 kidney disease means?

The NKF has divided chronic kidney disease into five stages to help those who have renal disease know when they are at end stage renal failure and need dialysis. Learn more about stage 3 of CKD. read more

Stage 3 kidney failure, also known as stage 3 chronic kidney disease, is a urgent stage of kidney disease that needs treating. At this stage, some obvious symptoms begin to appear. In addition to relieve the symptoms, it seems that there still has something more important needs to be done. read more

Chronic kidney disease is divided into 5 stages according to GFR (Glomerular Filtration Rate) which describe flow rate of blood cleansed by kidney. Normally, GFR is higher than 90. In kidney disease stage 3, GFR stays in the range 30-59, which means at least half of kidney function has been impaired. read more

With the decline of kidney function, some obvious clinical symptoms, which can easily cause the End Stage Renal Disease , will become present on these patients with stage 3 CKD, such as fatigue, leakage of protein, anemia, back pain and high blood pressure and so on. read more