How to treat glomerulonephritis in children

Children’s glomerulonephritis including acute glomerulonephritis, acute glomerulonephritis, etc., the treatment should be specifically analyzed, such as acute glomerulonephritis need to pay attention to rest, a reasonable diet, as appropriate, anti-infective and symptomatic diuretic treatment.
1. Acute glomerulonephritis: treatment should pay attention to bed rest for 2 to 3 weeks, low-salt diet, combined with infections need to use penicillin and other drugs for anti-infective treatment, for the control of water, salt, but still urinary edema, or high blood pressure of children, should be given diuretics. For those with high blood pressure, antihypertensive drugs should be used as appropriate.
2. Acute glomerulonephritis: the disease starts rapidly, progresses rapidly, and requires absolute bed rest, no salt or low salt, low protein diet, and the use of methylprednisolone and cyclophosphamide shock therapy under the guidance of physicians.
3. Prolonged nephritis: often manifested as persistent proteinuria with microscopic hematuria without obvious clinical symptoms. Treatment should prevent infection, avoid exertion, generally no specific drugs, such as found progressive glomerulonephritis is due to symptomatic treatment, such as the use of diuretics.
4. Chronic nephritis: It is often considered as glomerulonephritis with more than 1 year disease duration, accompanied by different degree of renal function impairment or persistent hypertension, and poor prognosis. Treatment still needs to avoid infection and exertion, reasonable diet, timely complete renal biopsy to clarify the pathological type and severity if necessary, and use corticosteroids and immunosuppressant treatment as appropriate.
All of the above drugs should be used under the guidance of a physician, and it is recommended to actively consult a doctor for treatment.