How to Treat secondary FSGS
Focal Segmental Glomerulus Sclerosis is divided into primary FSGS and second FSGS. Primary FSGS is mainly caused by gene mutation, and secondary FSGS can be caused by many reasons, like hypertension, medicines, bacteria, etc.
FSGS is a disease which often causes nephrotic syndrome, and that will cause patients to have massive proteinuria, which can aggravate patient’s kidney damage obviously. So, if patients have secondary FSGS, what treatment is effective to control patient’s condition?
Usual treatments for secondary FSGS:
Western medicine is the most popular way to treat FSGS. Firstly, the root cause of FSGS should be controlled, which can avoid patient’s condition being aggravated. For example, if patient’s FSGS is due to hypertension, hypotensive drugs will be used to control patient’s blood pressure.
Besides, to treat the inflammatory reaction in patient’s kidney and treat nephrotic syndrome, many other medicines will also be needed. Besides, therapies like blood purification will also be used to make a clean internal circumstance for controlling patient’s internal condition. When patients are in the late stages of FSGS, dialysis will be needed to prolong patient’s lifetime.
What treatment is suitable in treat secondary FSGS?
Western medicine has obvious effect in treating disease, but it also has its obvious shortcomings. FSGS patients often have hormone resistance, while hormone treatment is an important aspect in treating FSGS and nephrotic syndrome. Besides, when patients are in the end stage of kidney disease, kidney transplant is an important method to prolong patient’s life time, but FSGS can relapse soon in patients who accept kidney transplant.
Comparing with western medicine, the combination of Chinese medicine and western medicine will be a great help in treating kidney disease, and therapies like Blood Pollution Therapy and Micro-Chinese Medicine Osteopathy are very effective.
Blood Pollution Therapy use western medicines and technologies to control patient’s overall condition, and Chinese medicine will be used to repair patient’s kidney damage and improve patient’s kidney function, because it has obvious effect in activating patient’s blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a therapy which can promote the effect of Chinese medicine by transporting the effective ingredients into the diseased area directly, and it is a great help in improving patient’s renal condition. By the treatment of systemic Chinese medicine and these therapy, patient’s kidney function can be improved obviously.
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