According to the National Kidney Foundation, GFR is normally ranges from 90 - 120 ml/min. If GFR is 120 ml/min, it means that there is 120 ml blood passing through the kidneys every minute and the blood has been got rid of toxins. GFR of teenagers may be a little higher over normal level and that of elder people may be lower than normal level, because GFR declines with age.
Then why does GFR decline?
GFR is an indicator of renal function. The main function of the kidney is to filter blood to remove toxins, extra water and salt. If kidney units are damaged by diseases or other kinds of reasons, they will lose the function of filtering.
For example, there are 100 tasks assigned to 100 people every day. If 10 of them leave away, the rest 90 people will take over their work. They can accomplish the tasks. But if 90 of them leave away, the rest 10 people must undertake 100 tasks. The work is overload, so they can not accomplish it. And they will be worn out and may fall ill.
Similarly, if the amount of the damaged kidney units is small, then the healthy kidney units will take over their work. But if most of the kidney units are damaged, the condition will be serious. The small quantity of the remains will undertake all of the work. Day by day, these remaining kidney units will be impaired as well. The quantity and quality of filtering will reduce. That is the reason for GFR decline.
If GFR is lower than 30ml/min, it indicates that the disease develops into Stage 4 Chronic Kidney Disease. Patients should adopt the treatment in time, because the disease develops very fast. The earlier you adopt the treatment, the better curative effect you will get. Our hospital has used Immunotherapy Transplantation combined with Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy to treat many cases of Chronic Kidney Disease.
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