Dr. Abhilash Chandra, Professor (Junior Grade), MBBS, MD, DM, (Consultant Nephrologist and HOD), RML Hospital, Lucknow
CKD is called chronic kidney disease because the disease does not show its symptoms quickly. It shows when the kidney has been damaged by about 70 to 80 percent. In CKD, the process of kidney damage is very slow, which lasts for months or years. Kidney mainly performs eGFR (Estimated glomerular filtration rate) i.e. function of glomerular filtration and by measuring the rate of this function doctors determine the stage of kidney failure. The process of kidney failure is divided into five stages. About 3,00,000/- people are diagnosed with end stage kidney failure every year in India. About 80% of them die in the next one year, only 10-15% get dialysis treatment. There are two types of dialysis that is peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis and both these are the treatment of kidney failure.