Steroid Therapy for Nephrotic Syndrome Can Affect Your Kid’s Growth

Steroid therapy is the mainstay of the treatment of Nephrotic Syndrome (NS) in children. However, as parents, you should be aware that steroid therapy can affect your kid’s growth. Your kid is short stature and also suffers from some bone problems.

Possible side effects of long term use of steroid therapy (3 months or longer)can cause poor growth in children. Besides, it can also cause brittle bones. Bones break easily, and there are problems with hips and shoulder joints.

To avoid this condition, steroid is usually combined with calcium tablet to supplement your calcium. Besides, calcitriol pills should also be used to promote the absorption of calcium.

Apart from growth problem in your kid, your kid may suffer from frequent relapse, moon face, buffalo hump and central obesity, etc. If you do not want your kid take steroid therapy, you can let your kid to try safe Chinese Medicine Treatment.

This Chinese Medicine Treatment in Kidney Cares Community is Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy which is created by many years of research and clinical experience. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is to infiltrate micronized herbs into kidney lesion directly with the help of osmosis device and effective penetrant. Your kid just needs to lie on the bed to take this therapy because this therapy is an external application based on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The active ingredients in Chinese medicines can dilate blood vessels, improve blood circulation, remove blood stasis and immune complexes, prevent inflammation and coagulation, degrade extracellular matrix. Besides, Osmotherapy can also supply nutrients to speed up your kid’s recovery.

To achieve the maximal therapeutic effect, Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy often goes together with medicated foot bath, Mai Kang Mixture and Medicinal Soup. This systematic therapy is called Four One Traditional Chinese Treatment. After a period of treatment (15 days to 20 days), symptoms such as severe swelling, proteinuria and anemia will disappear naturally. Relapse will be avoided. More importantly, damaged kidneys can get repaired and kidney function can be improved.

If you want to know more information about our therapy, you can leave a message below or send an email to kidneycares@hotmail.com. We will reply you as soon as possible.