How Do You Get Rid Of Proteinuria In Nephrotic Syndrome

Proteinuria in Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) can be caused by a variety of diseases and underlying disorders that damage kidneys. How to get rid of proteinuria?

What causes proteinuria in NS?

Proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome can be caused by Membranous Nephropathy, Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Minimal Change Disease and Lupus Nephritis as well as IgA Nephropathy. These diseases can damage the glomeruli, which are small blood vessels that work as filtering system in your kidneys. Normally they keep substances such as blood proteins in your body while filtering wastes and discharge water from the blood and passing them into the urine. However, if they are damaged, the kidneys’ filtering system cannot properly perform. Under this circumstance, substances like protein now can leak or spill into your urine. This leads to high protein levels in your urine, or proteinuria. For this reason, your blood lacks the protein necessary to regulate fluid through your body. Thus, edema or swelling can also occur. It is important for you to take treatment for proteinuria to help prevent kidney damage or failure.

How do you get rid of proteinuria?

It is important to maintain a healthy diet and lifestyle when you have nephrotic syndrome. But that alone cannot control or reverse proteinuria. It is likely that Chinese herbs will play a role in your treatment plan. Chinese herbal medicine is on the basis of traditional Chinese herbs but it is a systematic therapy in which several herbs are chosen according to your own medical condition. The active ingredients can repair the injured glomerulus so as to eliminate proteinuria in nephrotic syndrome. Besides, the herbs can also remain residual kidney function and gradually boost renal function.

A correct and radical treatment along with a healthy diet is the best way to get rid of protein in urine in Nephrotic Syndrome. If you have any question, you can leave your question in the following box.