Kidney disease usually develops gradually over months or years, and understanding the kidney failure stages is one of the most important steps in protecting long-term kidney health. Many people search for kidney failure stages after receiving abnormal creatinine or eGFR test results and want to know how severe their kidney disease is, what symptoms to expect and whether dialysis can be prevented.
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is classified into five stages based on the estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), which measures how well the kidneys are filtering waste products from the blood. Early diagnosis and stage-specific treatment can often slow disease progression, reduce complications and delay the need for dialysis or kidney transplantation.
At Prabhakar Bhurke Clinic, Dr. Sandip Prabhakar Bhurke, super specialist nephrologist and transplant physician, provides comprehensive evaluation and treatment of chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, advanced kidney failure, dialysis management and kidney transplantation.
What Are Kidney Failure Stages?
Kidney failure stages refer to the progression of chronic kidney disease from mild kidney damage (stage 1) to severe kidney failure (stage 5). The stages are primarily determined by eGFR, although urine protein, blood pressure, imaging findings and the underlying kidney disease are also important.
