Chronic Kidney Failure

Male, 40 years old

Chief complaint: Fatigue for 5 months

Admission date: 2006-09-27

Physical examination: Back pain on left side, urination sluggish, abdominal bloated and poor appetite.

Physical Findings: Abdominal distention, percussion tenderness over left kidney region

Lab: BUA:442umol/L, Urea: 8.81mmol/L, Cr: 300umol/L.

Kidney biopsy results showed "chronic glomerulonephritis".

Diagnosis:

Chronic renal insufficiency (azotemia)

Chronic glomerular nephritis (focal sclerosis)

After integrative therapies of Western Medicine and TCM, the patient's condition improved a lot. Retest of renal function: CO2: 19.2 mmol/L, Cr: 190 umol/L, Urea: 9.6 mmol/L, the results of Laboratory Findings show an obvious decrease. Clinical symptoms had disappeared. The patient was discharged on 2006-10-10.