Patient's question:
A good friend of mine developed kidney problems during high school. Now he's 30 years old and hasn't had any issues in the past two years, and he has also stopped medication. Recently, when he had his kidney and liver function checked, it was found that his calcium and phosphorus levels are below normal, and his ALT is twice the upper normal limit. I want to ask you, what factors or causes could be responsible for this? How should it be treated? Can it be cured? Is his condition serious? Thank you.Doctor's answer:
Hello, this friend. Nephrotic syndrome can be divided into two major categories based on etiology: primary and secondary, and it can be caused by various different pathological types of glomerulonephritis. In adolescents, nephrotic syndrome is generally caused by conditions such as allergic purpura nephritis, minimal change disease, and systemic capillary leaky nephritis.Medical advice: The most important treatment in clinical practice is to suppress immune and inflammatory responses, with the most effective drugs being corticosteroids. Traditional Chinese medicine has also made significant contributions to the treatment of nephrosis. The effectiveness of integrated Chinese and Western medicine treatment has been well-confirmed.