Is Relapse Nephrotic Syndrome Curable

Nephrotic syndrome is one refractory kidney problem in clinic because it is very easy to relapse even the patients are responsible to the treatment. Each relapse will make illness conditions worse and frequent relapses often many patients lose hope for their recovery.

Many patients want to know is relapse nephrotic syndrome curable? The answer is yes, but it requires timely and proper treatments become renal damages are too advanced to be reversed and it requires the cooperation of the patient with the doctors.

It is called frequent relapse if there are more than 2 times relapses within half a year or more than 3 times relapses in one year. Relapse of nephrotic syndrome means that negative proteinuria turns into positive and the 24-h urine protein is more than 0.5g/kg.

Infection is one of the most common inducements of nephrotic syndrome relapse, therefore it is very necessary that patients to have early prevention and timely treatment in case of infection. Conventional therapies with steroids and immunosuppressants will further weaken the patient’s immune system and make them more susceptible to various infections. That is why nephrotic syndrome has relatively high recurrent rate.

Chinese medicines can help regulate immune disorders, improve immunity and enhance the patient’s physical strength and disease-resistance ability so as to much reduce the incidence of various infections and lower the relapse rate of proteinuria, swelling and other symptoms of nephrotic syndrome.

Other factors that can cause relapse of nephrotic syndrome include over-tiredness, cold, pregnancy and drug withdrawal without the doctor’s permission.

If the above mentioned risk factors and various infections can be well prevented and treated, the relapse of nephrotic syndrome can be much lowered or even prevented. Effective prevention is the best treatment for relapse nephrotic syndrome.

For those that have frequent relapse or those that are not responsive to steroids therapy, more effective treatments that can help repair damaged glomerular filtration membrane and improve kidney functions are needed. These effective treatments include herbal remedies, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy and immunotherapy. When renal functions are improved, the curative effects can be lasting and the relapse will be much reduced.