Bad Memory in Nephrotic Syndrome

Nephrotic syndrome can be seen in both children and adults.It is such a tricky disease and relapses so frequently.Also,the patients may experience a host of complications due to the disease and the used medications,in which bad memory is commonly seen.

Bad memory in nephrotic syndrome can be contributed to several causes.

Side effects of prednisone and prednisolone

Prednisone and prednisolone are man-made corticosteroids. These medications are used to treat inflammatory response in kidneys and have a good effect in controlling proteinuria. However, these drugs can cause nerve system disturbance, resulting in bad memory,insomnia, depression, mood swing etc.

If the patients can reduce the dose and even stop using the drugs,the problems will be relieved.However,the Nephrotic Syndrome patients should never reducing dose of prednisone and prednisolone without consulting with a doctor.

High accumulation of uremic toxins in body

Healthy kidneys can filter out all metabolic wastes from body. However,as the kidneys are damaged,high levels of uremic toxins will build up in the body and even brain.High building up of uremic toxins in brain can lead to bad memory and even life-threatening conditions.Besides bad memory,the nephrotic syndrome patients may also experience headache,nausea, dizziness etc.

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As bad memory results from poor renal function in nephrotic syndrome, the patients should treat kidney as a whole.

Nephrotic syndrome is an immune-medicated disease, in which the immune system fails to work properly and attacks kidneys by mistakes, thus resulting in inflammation in kidneys.

Immunotherapy is an effective treatment for nephrotic syndrome.It can correct the immune dysfunction and repair the impaired immune system,thus recovering normal immune function.Therefore,the immune system will be stopped to attack kidneys again. In addition, it can activate the self-repairing system in body to repair the damaged glomerular basement membrane to improve renal function. As a result, the disease will be controlled fundamentally without relapse.