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Treatment for Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) in Children

2013-03-21 16:02

treatment for Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS)Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a common type of kidney disease that may occur in children and adolescents. For children with FSGS, the treatment method need to be more natural and safer because of the side effects of some treatment may affect their physical development and mental development. Well then, what is the treatment for FSGS in children?

What is FSGS?

FSGS is a an illness condition in which some of the glomeruli are damaged partially. Each glomerulus contains a membrane that can display filtration function, so when glomerulus is damaged, the glomerular filtration function will be affected. With poor filtration function, FSGS patients will have symptoms like proteinuria, edema, high blood pressure, blood urine, hypoproteinemia and hyperlipidemia and so on.

Conventional treatment for FSGS in children

When a child is diagnosed with FSGS, he will be prescribed with oral medicines to deal with the symptoms like proteinuria, high blood pressure and edema. These medicines are necessary, because FSGS symptoms can worsen kidney condition and accelerate its progression. With tight control about these symptoms, progression of FSGS can be slowed down effectively. However, unfortunately, FSGS relapses easily with this treatment method and every relapses of this disease will push patients closer to kidney failure. What is worsen, long-term taking of these medicines will affect child’s mental development and physical development.

New treatment for FSGS in children

Immunotherapy is a new but effective treatment for FSGS in children and it treats FSGS by repairing these damaged glomeruli. We know FSGS progresses, because glomeruli can not be repaired well and finally become necrotic, so when these damaged glomeruli are repaired, kidney function will be improved and also the symptoms get remitted. What is more, this treatment method causes no side effects, so it is more preferable for children with FSGS.

Although Immunotherapy shows great treatment effects in treating FSGS, it can be only adopted by patients who still have some healthy kidney function. Therefore, for children with FSGS, having a timely diagnosis and treatment is very important.


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