Patient's question:
One year ago, I developed nephrotic syndrome and underwent a kidney biopsy, which revealed underdevelopment leading to abnormally small glomeruli (microscopic inflammation). Now that I have a cold, will it trigger a relapse (I haven't taken hormones for nearly a year)?Doctor's answer:
This type of inflammation, with fat degeneration in the proximal small tubules under light microscopy, is also known as lipid nephropathy; it is the most common nephrotic syndrome (NS) in children. Characteristic changes: widespread effacement of podocytes in the glomerular parietal layer, as the disease manifests as selective proteinuria with 90% sensitivity to corticosteroids (the most sensitive among all pathological types in NE). Complications of this disease include respiratory infections. Therefore, once infection occurs, it must be treated with particular emphasis.