How Long Should Nephrotic Syndrome Take Steroids Medicines

Steroids and other medicines are widely used to treat nephrotic syndrome patients. They are used to inhibit inflammatory reactions, suppress immune reactions, reduce the secretion of aldosterone and vasopressin, etc. Steroids can work on the glomerular basement membrane so as to help reduce proteinuria and swelling.

Steroid has quick and obvious effects on relieving swelling and reducing protein in urine. Since symptoms of nephrotic syndrome are very easy to relapse when the drugs are stopped or the dosage is reduced and each relapse will make illness conditions even worse, therefore it is very important to consult your doctor and take steroids under the doctor’s guidance with the proper dosage and method. What is more, since steroids can cause many side effects to the patients, over use is not advised. The using principle of steroids is to have adequate dosage in the beginning (1mg/kg) and this needs to last for 8-12 weeks. Gradual reduction of dosage and each time with 10% under the doctor’s permission and guidance. The maintenance period should last for long time (about 6-12 months with 10mg/d). So we can see that the whole treatment course with steroids is very long and it is very important that patients should adhere to the treatment or the illness will easy to relapse and become worse.

Long term intake of steroids can cause a series of side effects and therefore it is necessary to have a knowledge of this if you are taking steroids and other medicines. It can cause insomnia, frequent infections, diabetes, osteoporosis, digestive tract ulcer, skin problems or even mental disorders, etc.

Is there any way that can help avoid these side effects? We need to know it is impossible to completely avoid these side effects if you are receiving steroids treatment. But taking Chinese medicines can help reduce the side effects of steroids. Chinese herbal medicine astragalus mongholicus can help improve the synthesis of albumin in the liver and help ease symptoms of proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia and hyperlipidemia.

However if patients do not take steroids, these side effects can be totally avoided. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy can help improve the patient’s kidney functions and regulate immune disorders so as to help patients have less or even no steroids and much shorten the treatment course.

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