Hormone treatment of nephrotic syndrome What are the dangers

Treatment of nephrotic syndrome, injection of hormones is inevitable link, because the hormone can reduce pain in patients with a friend. In fact, long-term use of hormone injection method for treating nephrotic syndrome is a great harm to the body, to introduce the following hormone treatment of nephrotic syndrome What are the dangers?
Glucocorticoid use, hormone therapy in nephrotic syndrome is an indispensable link, use it therapeutic to some extent alleviate the suffering of patients and improve the efficacy of short-term, however, there is no control of hormone application as if He opened the "Pandora's box", bring happiness to people, but also attracted a disaster, so patients experience severe symptoms of various irreversible:
1, long-term super-physiological doses of glucocorticoids can cause water, salt, sugar, protein and fat metabolism disorders, hyperthyroidism adrenal class. The performance of central obesity, resulting in malabsorption of calcium, causing osteoporosis, severe cases can spontaneous fractures.
2, corticosteroids can weaken the ability of the body's defense of the disease, is conducive to bacterial growth and reproduction and proliferation, induce or aggravate infections.
3, glucocorticoids promote protein degradation, it can delay the formation of granulation tissue trauma or surgical wounds and hinder other ulcer healing.
4, glucocorticoid hormone action and confrontation, child long-term use can inhibit bone growth and protein synthesis, affecting growth and development, use in pregnant women can cause birth defects.
5, long-term glucocorticoid therapy, after controlling symptoms, such as weight loss too fast or sudden withdrawal, the original symptoms may quickly appear or worsen, known as the "rebound phenomenon." Some had no disease symptoms, such as muscle pain, muscle stiffness, joint pain, called withdrawal symptoms (or withdrawal syndrome).

In addition, long-term use of glucocorticoids can cause adrenal atrophy or dysfunction, induce or aggravate ulcers and even cause neuropsychiatric symptoms, causing a great obstacle to the rehabilitation of patients.

Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital

Shijiazhuang Kidney Disease Hospital is located in Shijiazhuang city, capital of Hebei Province, which is adjacent to the capital of China, Beijing. It was founded in 1986 and his name has become more widely known in recent decades.....Read More