Causes of Nephrotic Syndrome and How to Deal With Them

Nephrotic syndrome, caused by primary kidney disease or a variety of secondary disease, isn’t a curable kidney disease at present. The Patients usually have marked edema, proteinuria, hypoalbuminemia, and hyperlipidemia. According to the different causes, methods to deal with them are also various.

In children, 80 percent of cases of Nephrotic Syndrome are caused by a condition called minimal change disease. Nephrotic Syndrome may go away once the underlying cause has been treated. To these children, receiving treatment timely is the key to cure their disease. However, in adults, the causes are various that makes the treatment is difficult to be helpful alone.

Some of the adults with Nephrotic syndrome usually have some other kidney diseases such as membranous nephropathy or FSGS. Therefore, if these patients want to treat their Nephrotic Syndrome, they must first treat these primary kidney diseases. These diseases are usually treated with corticosteroids, immunosuppressive drugs, or cytotoxic agents. Unfortunately, these treatments do not always bring about remission of Nephrotic Syndrome. Without effective treatment, their condition may develop chronic kidney disease that progresses to end-stage renal disease. In these cases, the kidneys gradually lose their ability to filter wastes and excess water from the blood. If kidney failure occurs, the person will have to need dialysis or a kidney transplant. In fact, these patients can choose Immunotherapy to treat their primary kidney diseases and then they will find a different result.

To some adult patients, diabetes and high blood pressure are the most common secondary causes. Therefore, if they want to treat their disease, they must first control their diabetes and high blood pressure. A healthy diet, exercise and a correct treatment can help them get rid of renal failure. You can choose the best treatment, according to the causes of Nephrotic Syndrome, and then alter the therapy to deal with them.