Alternative Medicine Apart from Steroids for Nephrotic Syndrome

Steroids are the most commonly used medicines for Nephrotic Syndrome and can bring illness condition into control quickly. Although they are effective, they causes side effects at the same time. Therefore, an alternative medicine apart from steriods is necessary for Nephrotic Syndrome patients, particularly children with Nephrotic Syndrome.

Nephrotic Syndrome is a medical term and refers to a group of clinical manifestations like proteinuria, edema, hypoalbuminemia and hyperlipidemia. Proper usage of steroids will lead to disappearance of proteinuria, loss of edema and correction of the biochemical abnormalities in the blood. Proteinuria is a dominant symptom of Nephrotic Syndrome and occurs because of damaged glomerular filtration membrane. However, if left uncontrolled, proteinuria will worsen kidney condition and accelerate Nephrotic Syndrome to kidney failure. Therefore, steroids are necessary. However, because of its high side effects, steroid can be replaced by Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy when patient’s illness condition gest stable.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is an alternative option for Nephrotic Syndrome patients and it works differently from steroids. We know Nephrotic Syndrome patients release protein in urine constantly and this is because glomerular filtration membrane is damaged. Serious loss of protein in urine causes decrease of plasma osmotic pressure, leading to edema. Hypoalbuminemia and hyperlipidemia are also proportional to proteinuria. Therefore, when proteinuria problem is solved fundamentally, other symptoms get remitted correspondingly. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy treats proteinuria in Nephrotic Syndrome through repairing damaged glomerular filtration membrane which is composed of kidney intrinsic cells and basilar membrane. This membrane can not be cured completely, but its function can be improved greatly wtih micro-Chinese medicines. As long as its filtration function gets increased, less protein are lost from urine and also other symptoms are alleviated at the same time.

Compared with steroids, micro-Chinese medicine shows effects slowly, but as an alternative medicine, it cause no side effects during the whole treatment process. Steroids and Chinese medicines have their own advantageous and Nephrotic Syndrome patients can choose proper treatment method according to their illness condition.