Ayurvedic Management of Anaemia in Chronic Kidney Diseases A Clinical Trial
Journal Title: International Journal of Ayurveda and Pharmaceutical Chemistry - Year 2017, Vol 0, Issue 0
Abstract
Anemia remains a major challenge in treating cases of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), as the pathology is still not fully understood. Anemia in CKD is associated with reduced quality of life, increased risk of cardiovascular disease leading to poor outcomes. An open non- randomized clinical trial was conducted on 50 diagnosed Chronic Renal Failure patients. On the basis of CKD-EPI equation,39/50 (78%) study subjects having CKD stage 5, 9 (18%) study subjects having CKD stage 4 & 2 (4%) study subjects with CKD stage 3B. There were 47 study subjects (94%) having anemia, out of which 41were having moderate to severe anemia before start of treatment. At the end of study period, there was significant improvement in their status as only 15 remained with moderate anemia& none with severe anemia.Hb % was estimated at 0,28,84,140 & 180 days. The mean Hb% was 8.39 g ±2.10 g on zero day. On 180thday, mean Hb was 11.07g ±1.67.This31.94% rise in Hb % was found to be statistically highly significant(t= 19.50 with p <0.001).Pallor, Oedema, Fatigue, Weakness, Dyspnoeawere the signs and symptoms considered to be associated with anemia and improvement was assessed in reduction of severity. There was statistically significant clinical improvement in respect of signs & symptoms of anemia. This study proved that the Ayurvedic treatment is a suitable alternative treatment of anemia in CKD to modern controversial treatment of parenteral iron therapy &Erythropoietin supplementation.
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Sarita Gaikwad
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