New Treatment for Children Minimal Change Nephropathy

Minimal change nephropathy is one type of nephrotic syndrome and it is the most common type of children nephrotic syndrome. It is more common among children than adults especially those that are below 8 years old and diseased boys are more than girls.

Traditional treatments for children with minimal change nephropathy are to control symptoms and complications such as proteinuria, swelling, infections, abdominal pain, high blood pressure, etc. Traditional treatments for minimal change disease include steroids, cytotoxic drugs, immunosuppressants, medications to fight against infections, edema, coagulation as well as good rests and proper diets.

Some children may have complete clinical remission while some children may become sensitive or develop drug-resistance to steroids. What is more, traditional treatment is very harmful to the children’s physical and mental growth, therefore many parents are eager to know is there any new treatment options for their children with minimal change nephropathy.

For children patients of minimal change disease as well as other nephrotic syndrome types such as FSGS, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a new and good treatment option. It is an external application based on traditional Chinese medicines. It is an ideal combination of traditional therapy with advanced osmosis technology to help greatly enhanced the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicines. And since it is an external application, the stimulation to the gastrointestinal tract can be avoided, therefore patients need not to worry about the side effects or any potential harms to the body.

Active ingredients in the medicines will penetrate into the kidneys under the force of osmosis machine. They have the functions of dilating blood vessels, reducing inflammation and infections in the kidneys, eliminating blood clots, extracellular matrix and immune complexes out of the kidneys so as to help cleanse the kidneys, ease symptoms and provide a favorable internal environment for repairing damaged renal tissues and improving renal functions.

After the application of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy on children, their swelling can disappear, protein and blood in urine can decrease, overall health conditions can be much improved. What is more important, their kidney functions can be improved or at least further deterioration can be prevented so that the children can have a better prognosis and more chance to live a normal life.