Can patients with chronic nephritis use hormones?

       The treatment of chronic glomerulonephritis varies greatly depending on the severity of the disease and the medication used, but in general: it is more scientific to develop a specific plan based on the pathological results of the kidney puncture. When it comes to the treatment drugs for chronic nephritis, the most attention is often paid to hormones, represented by drugs such as prednisone, dexamethasone, Medrol, and Eugenol.  So in the end, can chronic nephritis be treated with the above drugs?  The answer is: whether to use hormone therapy or not depends on the patient’s condition and kidney biopsy results.  To determine the effective type of pathology, despite the side effects of hormones, they should be used in small doses or combined with Chinese and Western medicine programs based on avoiding or mitigating their side effects and closely observing changes in the condition.  However, we should pay attention to the following important issues: 1. For patients who have gastric disease or gastric ulcer to take hormones, it is necessary to use hormones while treating gastric disease, or use hormones after treating gastric disease, and should avoid taking hormones or stimulating drugs on an empty stomach as much as possible. Avoid eating spicy food.  2. For patients with diabetes, hormones should also be used with caution. Because some patients will aggravate diabetes in the process of using hormones, so that blood sugar is not easy to control.  3, chronic glomerulonephritis patients once they start taking glucocorticoids to begin treatment, they should follow the doctor’s instructions to follow up with the hospital on time to check, in order to observe the efficacy and timely detection of adverse reactions. The former may weaken or even cause the hormone to fail, while the latter may aggravate the condition or develop serious complications due to undesirable reactions that cannot be detected.  In addition if patients with chronic nephritis develop a cold or other uncomfortable symptoms, they should promptly inform their primary care physician.  The reasonable use of hormones under the guidance of nephrologists, or the combination of Chinese and Western medicine can significantly improve the cure rate of the disease and reduce adverse reactions. If you blindly worry about the side effects of hormones and thus refuse them, you may lose the opportunity to turn the disease to healing. In conclusion, hormone or western medicine is not a terrible thing in the imagination of patients, and its reasonable use can achieve twice the result with half the effort.