How long the edema of nephrotic syndrome can be eliminated by taking hormone mainly depends on the type of pathology and whether it is sensitive to hormone. Patients who are sensitive to hormones may eliminate edema within days to weeks; patients who are not sensitive to hormones may not be able to make edema disappear with hormones alone, and need to cooperate with other drugs or even dialysis for water removal.
In nephrotic syndrome such as microscopic lesion nephropathy and mild thylakoid proliferative glomerulonephritis, which are sensitive to hormone therapy, edema may be eliminated in a few days to weeks; in thylakoid capillary glomerulonephritis, hormone and cytotoxic drugs are effective only in some children’s cases, and the treatment effect is unsatisfactory in adults, which need to be combined with diuretics such as furosemide, or even dialysis for the elimination of edema.
All of the above medications should be used under the guidance of a doctor, avoid self-medication. Patients with nephrotic syndrome are advised to go to regular hospitals in time and receive standardized treatment under the guidance of doctors.