Presently, many patients have realized the side effects of Hormone therapy on
their life while treating the disease. This article mainly introduces the side
effects of hormone therapy and another new therapy for Primary Nephrotic
Syndrome avoiding the disadvantage of Hormone therapy and having good curative
effects on treating the disease – Stem Cell Therapy.
The side effects of Hormone therapy
At present, it is commonest to treat Nephrotic Syndrome with hormone which
certainly can reduce the proteinuria and increase the urine volume.
Nevertheless, its dosage and effects varies due to different conditions. For
instance, patients with minimal change nephropathy take hormone drugs one time
one day for 8-12 weeks. It has good effects on this condition then the dosage
can reduce if the condition is controlled well. But for other kidney disease,
like FSGS (Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis) membranous nephropathy patients
must take other medicine and hormone drugs together to treat diseases and the
time of taking hormone drugs is longer than minimal change nephropathy. The
longer you take hormone, the more outrageous its side effects are. The following
is the possible side effects of various hormone drugs.
1. Weight gain. Most people taking hormone therapy usually gain weight which
is boring especially for children and women. Weight gain can influence their
life sometimes.
2. High cholesterol
3. Osteoporosis
4. nausea, vomiting, stomach/ abdominal pain
5. fatigue, headache, dizziness, insomnia, mood swing
6. dry skin, hair thinning,
7. leg cramps
8. blood clot
9. vision problems, dry eyes
10. injection site pain,
However, stem cell therapy doesn’t have these disadvantages. Stem cells
derived from body human tissue are cultivated artificially to differentiate into
cells desired to treat disease. Stem cells are a class of unspecialized cells
which have the potential to self-renew and differentiate into new functional
cells to repair and replace the damaged kidney intrinsic cells so that on the
base of repair kidney function can gradually recover reducing the leak of
protein. Eventually, protein in the urine will drop and other symptoms will
remit with more cells functioning. Stem cell researches have been going.
Scientists throughout the world believe that stem cells have the potential to
change the treatment of malignant diseases. Stem cells have many types like cord
blood stem cells or mesenchymal stem cells. The two has been used to treat many
diseases. Its research and clinical experience are mature without the ethical
dispute due to their source and cultivatable process. Medical technology
development brings us more hopes to defeat disease and live better life. Stem
cell therapy as advance medical achievement can give you a happy and normal life
to free of the disease.
If you have any question about stem cell therapy for Primary Nephrotic
Syndrome, you can send us email. We are glad to help you. Email: khkpcn@hotmail.com