What Are Nephrotic Syndrome Complications

Nephrotic Syndrome complications worsen with the deterioration of illness condition, so they must be identified timely and treated effectively; otherwise, patients will suffer from kidney failure easily and quickly. In this light, learning what complications that Nephrotic Syndrome patients may suffer from is very helpful.

1.Thrombus: Affected kidneys fail to preserve protein in urine, leading to the great loss of blood protein which can help to prevent clotting. This increases Nephrotic Syndrome patient’s risk of developing thrombus.

2.Malnutrition: Nephrotic Syndrome is a disorder which needs patients to adjust their diet. With severe diet limitation and serious loss of blood urine, patients suffer from malnutrition easily. For children with Nephrotic Syndrome, this complication not only accelerates their illness condition, but also affect their physical development seriously.

3.High blood pressure: As a symptom or complication of Nephrotic Syndrome, high blood pressure affect patient’s life seriously by limiting them to drink enough water and ingest adequate salt.

4. High blood cholesterol and triglycerides: Nephrotic Syndrome is an illness condition marked by massive protein in urine. Because of great loss of blood protein, patient’s liver makes more albumin and meanwhile releases more cholesterol and triglycerides. If this condition lasts for a long time, high blood cholesterol and triglycerides will occur.

5. Acute kidney failure: In Nephrotic Syndrome, some factors may cause quick progression of illness condition and if this happens, you may need emergency dialysis.

6.Chronic kidney failure: Nephrotic Syndrome progresses and causes kidneys to gradually lose their function over time. When kidney function falls low enough, dialysis or kidney transplant will be needed to clean blood.

7. Infection: Infection is one of the complications of Nephrotic Syndrome and can cause acute kidney failure.

The above are the common complications of Nephrotic Syndrome, but not everyone with this kind of kidney disease will definitely suffer from these. In some cases, with timely and tight control of illness condition, many complications like infection and acute kidney failure can be avoided effectively.