Chinese Medicine

Volume 5, Issue 2 (June 2014)

ISSN Print: 2151-1918   ISSN Online: 2151-1926

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Acute Kidney Injury: Treatment with Unani Medicine—Case Report

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DOI: 10.4236/cm.2014.52014    4,949 Downloads   6,339 Views  Citations

ABSTRACT

A male named Anwer Jamal, age 45 years, married, visited Clinic Rafaheaam Dawakhana Ajmali on March 29, 2013, with history of glomerulonephritis, inherited renal diseases, hypertension and previously hooked on voltaren 50 (Diclofenic Sodium, 50 mg) and was not on dialysis. Different diagnostic parameters showed the patient was suffering from acute renal failure according to the RIFLE criteria. AKI is life threatening when kidneys suddenly is unable to filter waste products from blood. The patient was treated and managed with herbal medicines according to Unani system of medicine. Reversal of the parameter such as serum creatinine from 7.90 mg/dl (6.58 fold high) to 0.81mg/dl within two weeks clearly shows the remarkable recovery in a short period of time. During this period the other related parameters e.g. blood urea nitrogen (BUN), serum albumin, albuminuria, blood pressure were also normalized whereas clinical sign and symptom exhibited improvement.

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Siddiqui, M. and Usmanghani, K. (2014) Acute Kidney Injury: Treatment with Unani Medicine—Case Report. Chinese Medicine, 5, 118-122. doi: 10.4236/cm.2014.52014.
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