Is Antibiotic Safe for Nephrotic Syndrome Patients

My 5-year-old son was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome one year ago. His doctor tries to use prednisone and some immunosuppressive agents to control my son’s condition. Until now, he has suffered from one recurrence of Nephrotic Syndrome. Recently, he has a severe cold. Is antibiotic safe for Nephrotic Syndrome patients, doctor?

In this season, cold is very common for Nephrotic Syndrome patients especially the children, because the steroid or immunosuppressive agents usually damage their immune system so that their immunity is relatively lower than the general population. Treating their cold timely is very important to prevent patients’ condition from worsening. Antibiotic is commonly used to treat cold, but not all antibiotics are suitable for people with Nephrotic Syndrome.

One reason is that antibiotics can only treat the cold due to bacterial infections, but some patients’ cold is caused by virus infections. Therefore, making sure the cause of patients’ cold before taking any medicine is needed to guarantee they take correct cold medications. The other reason is that some antibiotics can cause damage to kidney tubules. Alkaline lipase Ⅰ phosphate and Ⅱ, polymyxin, amino glucoside and sulpha drugs, etc, are all harmful for our kidney and can worsen Nephrotic Syndrome patients’ condition.

From the above analysis, we can know the answer of the question-is antibiotic safe for Nephrotic Syndrome patients. Therefore, you had better consult your doctor or us before taking any antibiotic to avoid further kidney damage.

From this mother’s narrative, you can know recurrence of Nephrotic Syndrome is another problem that bothers her. To prevent the recurrence, improving patients’ immunity and treating the root cause is the key. If your baby is suffering from recurrent Nephrotic Syndrome, you can learn more information from the link “New Developments in Recurrent Nephrotic Syndrome Treatment”.