Natural Remedy For Proteinuria Caused By FSGS

FSGS is one common type of nephrotic syndrome in both children and adults. Patients often have the symptoms of nephrotic syndrome---proteinuria, hyperlipidemia, hypoalbuminemia, edema.

Proteinuria is very common in FSGS patients and about half adult FSGS patients have proteinuria even when they have no other symptoms. Timely treatment for proteinuria is very important because massive proteinuria can worsen renal damages or even lead to renal failure.

Herbal medicines are natural remedies for proteinuria and FSGS. Proteinuria can be reduced and kidney functions can be improved because natural herbal medicines have the following curative effects.

Herbal medicines have anti-coagulation function. It has been proved that anticoagulant drugs such as heparin, warfarin, thromboxane inhibitor can relieve focal and segmental lesions of the glomeruli, reduce proteins in urine. However long term intake of these medicines can cause some side effects. One advantage of herbal medicines is that it has anti-coagulation property without causing much complications.

Herbal medicines have significant effects on lowering high blood pressure which is necessary for reducing proteinuria and hyperlipidemia. Usually ACEI, ARB are used to treat high blood pressure and proteinuria. However these drugs have potential damages to the kidneys, therefore they should not be taken as long term therapy. Herbal medicines are natural and mild which causes nearly no harms to the kidney functions when they are taken under professional doctor’s guidance.

Herbal medicines can cleanse the kidneys and promote blood flow to the kidney so as to provide adequate blood, oxygen and other nutritions to the damaged renal tissues and promote repairing and regeneration of new renal functioning tissues.

For FSGS patients that have developed into end stage renal disease, herbal medicines should not be used exclusively because it usually takes relatively long time to have effects. It should be combined with other therapies.

If critical illness conditions develop such as serious hyperkalemia, pulmonary edema, heart failure that can not be controlled by medicines, dialysis is necessary.

When life-threatening risk factors are solved and illness conditions become stable, herbal medicines, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy and immunotherapy can regulate renal disorders, repair damaged tissues so that patients will not become dependent on dialysis with gradual improvement and recovery of kidney functions.