Hello, how are your kidneys doing? this is Katherine, welcome to 00Kidney!
Today, there are a couple of interesting questions from you that I want to answer!
Before we start, I want you to know that, tomorrow, I'm uploading a new video about
some very interesting new treatments for kidney patients.
These treatments I'm going to analyze are the most promising right now and there could
be some great opportunity for patients you still don't know about.
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To the comments now!
In my video "How to Increase GFR for Renal Patients", Troy Thompson wrote:
Hello I need help to improve my kidney function.
I am only 19 years old and have CKD.
My function is at 39%.
I need help to control my blood pressure.
Hello Troy, I'm really sorry to hear this.
For sure there are things you can do to improve your kidney function and to manage high blood
pressure.
First of all limit sodium intake.
A lot of foods are packed with sodium and this is unhealthy for everyone, especially
for people suffering from high blood pressure.
Be sure to check all the labels of what you're eating and to prefer fruits and vegetables
over packaged foods.
Then there's exercising.
Now, if you're already exercising regularly, keep doing it.
But I know that not everyone can just sign up for a gym subscription and start lifting
weights right away.
So, if you cannot exercise properly, you can just start going for a walk every day and
start using the stairs instead of the elevator, for example.
The goal should be to improve day by day, so you will be able to do always better.
Yes, this is what really works to lower blood pressure.
Now, I don't know your situation directly, so these suggestions are based mostly on statistics.
Also, I suggest you watching my video How to lower blood pressure naturally to know
about some superfoods proven to lower blood pressure.
Now, you are very young and this will give you a lot of possibilities to recover.
The most important thing is to never get discouraged.
You can beat your disease if you keep fighting it.
Wishing you all the best.
In my comments video from last week, Glenn Rudman asked "Katherine, can scarring be healed?"
Hello Glenn, and thank you for watching my videos!
The answer to your question is no, scarring on the kidneys unfortunately cannot become
healthy tissue again, at least with today's medicine.
But this doesn't mean that your kidney function cannot be improved.
With the right diet and the correct habit for kidney health, both GFR and creatinine
levels can be improved.
And since these values are strictly correlated to kidney function, this means that kidney
function can be improved too.
Remember that the kidneys are basically a system with a redundancy, so you don't need
them to operate at 100% to conduct a normal life.
For example, a GFR of 60, meaning that your kidney function is at 60%, is considered enough
to get the job done.
Also there are some new therapies that are promising to be actually able to repair kidney
damage and scarring.
Since this is the topic of the video I'm uploading tomorrow, I suggest you to watch it!
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