Because of the low recovery rate and high recorrence rate in the past, people
generally lack of confidence to the treatment of Nephritic Syndrome. But with
the rapid development of medical science, the diagnosis and treatment of
Nephritic Syndrome is no longer a problem. Illness condition of most patients
can be controlled as long as they get correct diagnosis and treatment from
doctor, especially receiving good home health aides and insisting on long-term
follow-up diagnosis.
Because some Nephritic Syndrome don’t have a good response to
immunosuppressant, there is large quantity of protein being discharged through
urination continuously. For this kind of patients, we can apply Traditional
Chinese Medicine. According to Chinese medicine theory, during edema, Nephritic
Syndrome mainly manifests deficiency in both spleen and kidney and dropsy in the
interstitial tissue, performing deficiency Ben and excessive Biao, so we’d
better take both treating and supplementing, which means diuresis and
detumescence on the basis of nursing spleen and kidney.
Considering that long-term application of hormone will increase the
side-effects and decrease the positive effects, experts of Shijiazhuang Kidney
Disease Hospital have studied all sorts of immunosuppressive and cytotoxic
agents, based on the Nephritic Syndrome treatment theory by hormone.
In addition, we can block the process of renal fibrosis throughapplying
Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy. Because the active ingredients of
Micro-Chinese Medicine can kill inflammatory factors, degrade extracellular
matrix which has formed and repaired the damaged kidney cells. Meanwhile, it
also can dilate blood vessels, increase effective blood perfusion of whole body
and shorten the residence time of drugs in kidney, reducing drugs’ renal
toxicity and generating fundamentally therapeutic effects.
What’s more, it is very helpful for the treatment of Nephritic Syndrome to
take a reasonable diet. The top symptom of Nephritic Syndrome is large quantity
of proteinuria which is apt to cause secondary hypoproteinemia. A reasonable
diet can protect and improve renal function, playing an crucial role in the
recovery and enhancement of life quality of patients. Therefore, patients should
take adequate food with and high-quality protein (2-38kg/day).
During edema, avoid intake of salt and control the volume of water. After the
disappearance of edema, the intake of sodium salt should be limited properly, or
it will cause further retention of sodium and lead to kidney impairments.
Children with marked edema should limit the intake of water and regulate it
according to weight and the change of urine volume in 24h. It is also necessary
to record the output and intake of water in 24h. We should pay attention to
supplementing potassium when we are adopting diuretics.
Psychological nursing: patients with Nephrotic Syndrome suffer from
painfulness and pressure produced by the disease and the change of living
environment, feeling afraid and unsafe. After the hospitalization, patients may
feel anxious, annoying or gloomy because of the disorder in work. Therefore,
they need more care and love from relatives. Experts suggest that spiritual
communication is very important among dependents, which can eliminate patients’
doubts, stable mood and improve confidence to treatment, achieving a better
therapeutic effect.
The discharge: the discharge doesn’t mean the end of treatment. Strengthening
patients’ life management and preventing various infections are keys to prevent
the relapse of Nephritic Syndrome, so it is helpful for patients to master
intuitive symptoms of disease recurrence, like lots of foams in urine, urine
colour, the change of characters and urine volume, edema in face, reduced
appetite, hypodynamia, fever etc. all of which should be paid attention to.
After the discharge, patients should take a routine urine test once a week and
go to specialist out-patient to take a countercheck every half a month and avoid
sports activities.
I hope the above information can be useful. If you want to know more about
the treatment of Nephritic Syndrome or have some doubts about this disease, you
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