Chinese Therapy for Childhood Nephrotic Syndrome

Nephrotic syndrome mostly occurs to children of 3 to 6 and the boys have higher incidence than the girls. The exact cause is unclear and the disease is hard to cure and easy to relapse. The disease usually lasts for long time and it will greatly influence the children’ growth and development.

Traditional treatment for nephrotic syndrome is the application of hormones and immunosuppressant. The steroid therapy has long been considered the first choice for eliminating proteinuria and the effects have been proved by clinical practices. However since the disease has high recurrent rate and hormones can not solve this problem, long term intake of hormones will cause many side effects which will greatly affect the children’ physical and mental health and developments.

Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM) have been used to treat nephrotic syndrome. At first it is used to reduce and alleviate the side effects of hormones and immunosuppressant. Actually Chinese herbal medicines can have far more effects in treating nephrotic syndrome, only that herbal medicines need a relatively long time to take effects and most patients can not adhere to it. Since herbal medicines are mild and they will cause far fewer side effects, it is a good choice for childhood nephrotic syndrome.

Micro-Chinese Medicine is to micronize the prescribed Chinese medicines and then put them into medicated packages which will be soaked in the penetrant. During the treatments, two medicated package will be put in the patient’ renal area and under the force of electronic permeameter, the active ingredients in the medicines will arrive at the kidney lesions directly. Because the medicines are micronized, the efficacy can be more fully absorbed.

What is more, this is an external application and it does not cause further injuries to the kidneys. Instead the treatment is very comfortable and convenient and it can be handled at home with proper guidance.