Whether pediatric nephrotic syndrome can be completely cured is closely related to the cause of the disease and the type of pathology. Nephrotic syndrome can be divided into primary, secondary and congenital according to the cause of the disease.
1. Primary Nephrotic Syndrome: Most of them are small lesion type, usually with hormone treatment is better, such as oral prednisone acetate as prescribed by the doctor, usually apply hormone treatment for about 2 weeks, the urine protein can be turned into negative, and continuous treatment for about 1 year, basically can be cured.
2. Secondary Nephrotic Syndrome: It is usually caused by other diseases, such as diabetes, hypertension, lupus, dry syndrome, hepatitis B, etc. These primary diseases are hard to be cured, so secondary Nephrotic Syndrome caused by them is usually incurable.
3. Congenital Nephrotic Syndrome: the typical symptoms of this disease are large amount of proteinuria, hypertension, edema, hypoproteinemia, etc. The prognosis is poor, and renal transplantation is the only cure, and the life expectancy of patients after renal transplantation is still lower than that of normal people.
If you suffer from pediatric nephrotic syndrome, you should undergo the next step of examination and treatment as early as possible to avoid delay.