It is common to see Nephrotic Syndrome patients are fat. Especially their faces are like moon. Does Nephrotic Syndrome cause weight gain? Read on to learn more information.
Causes of weight gain for Nephrotic Syndrome patients
-Water retention. Because large amount of protein goes out of body, plasma colloid osmotic pressure decreases, and then fluid goes into tissue space, leading to water retention. If your weight gain is associated with swelling, when the excess water flushes out your body, your weight will become normal.
-Side effects of steroid. It can increase your appetite so as to make you consume over nutrients, leading to weight gain. It can also worsen your water retention to elevate your weight. Generally when you stop the medications for a period of time, your weight will return to normal state.
Treatment for Nephrotic Syndrome
If your current steroid treatment is not effective enough for you to control Nephrotic Syndrome, I suggest you to try a natural treatment. It is Toxin-Removing Treatment. This is also known as Detoxification Therapy and has been applied widely in Peking Tung Shin Tang Chinese Medical Hospital.
It can help eliminate waste products and extra fluid from body to make internal environment good for kidney self-healing and other medication application. It can also dissolve toxins and dispel them out of blood vessels to make blood circulation fluent, and then enough essential elements such as oxygen, nutrients and active ingredients of medicine can be transported into nidus to speed up kidney recovery. After about one week’s treatment, your weight will reduce. Because extra fluid can be passed out. After about half month’s treatment, your proteinuria will reduce or even turn negative. After about one month’s treatment, your disease will be under control. Because both your renal function and immunity get strengthened, the disease won’t relapse easily.
Does Nephrotic Syndrome cause weight gain? Yes, it does. If you do not want such a gain, you should change current treatment to control the disease well. For more information on Nephrotic Syndrome treatment, please leave a message below or contact online doctor or leave a message below.
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