How to Treat Nephrotic Syndrome

1.Control proteinuria actively

For Nephrotic Syndrome patients, they experience edema symptom due to severe protein leakage. And usually, the more protein in urine, the more severe the edema. Therefore, controlling proteinuria is also an important part in treating edema associated with Nephrotic Syndrome.

2.Limit fluid intake, so as to avoid worsening illness condition

For an individual with edema, he needs to reduce fluid intake, as drinking too much water will increase kidney burden and worsen illness condition. Generally, patients can drink 500 milliliter more fluid than the volume of their urine output. Besides, for kidney failure patients, if they have started dialysis, they may need to follow different principles about fluid intake.

3.Diuretic

If left uncontrolled, fluid retention may spread to lung, causing pulmonary edema which can cause shortness of breath. Diuretic can be used to help our body discharge excess fluid, but the one thing that should be kept in mind and that is what kind of diuretic can be used should depend on patients’ potassium level. In clinic, there are different kinds of diuretics. Some of them can help to discharge excess potassium and some of them can protect potassium from being discharged out of the body.

4.Improve kidney function

Kidney is a bean-shaped organ with filtration function. While filtering blood, excess fluid will be discharged and nutrition are kept in the body. For Nephrotic Syndrome patients, kidneys are damaged and can not function properly, which lead to large amounts of protein leak from urine and excess fluid stay in the body. Therefore, improving kidney function is the key point for Nephrotic Syndrome patients to get edema treated effectively.