SUCCESSFUL AYURVEDIC MANAGEMENT OF DIALYSIS DEPENDENT CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE- A CASE STUDY

Abstract

Introduction:Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterized with disrupted kidney function for more than 3 months or in other terms, it is defined as the kidney condition with Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR) <60 ml/min per 1.73 m² .CKD is becoming more common in India as a result of changing lifestyles, dietary habits, hypertension, and uncontrolled diabetes. It is a silent assassin.

 Purpose: Chronic kidney disease is a spectrum of different pathophysiologic processes associated with abnormal kidney function and a progressive decline in glomerular filtration rate. Globally it is the12th cause of death and 17th cause of disability.The global estimated prevalence of CKD is 13.4% (11.7-15.1%)in 2019. Hemo-dialysis and peritoneal dialysis are the most common treatments for chronic kidney failure, followed by kidney transplantation, also carrying many serious adverse effects. The treatment is treatment is highly costly and out of reach for most of patients. Ayurveda has played an essential role in the early stages of renal failure in the hunt for this effective and safe treatment. These approaches are helpful in such diseases, With the changing demand and awareness among these days, the role of ayurveda is an emerging reality.

Brief case history: A 75-year-old, Hindu female patient visited P D PATEL AYURVEDIC HOSPITAL on 30^th January 2023. She had been diagnosed with CKD and high blood pressure for 7 years and received medication for this. She had complain of  mild fever,Anorexia, Pedal edema associated with breathlessness and weakness. she was also doing haemodialysis twice in week. Before she came to us, she took conventional medicine for the same complaints but didn’t get any satisfactory result. She was hospitalized and treated with Basti and oral Ayurvedic medicines for one month of period. Her serum creatinine was significantly decreased after one month of treatment, she is continuing oral medicine at OPD. now she has no breathlessness, weakness, selling, her dialysis was stopped.

Result: She got an excellent result with complete relief from all symptoms in one month and her dialysis was also stopped from the first week of hospital admission.