Glomerulosclerosis medical therapy
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Overview
Medical Therapy
Medical Therapy
Some patients will receive high doses of corticosteroids or a drug called cyclosporine to suppress their immune system.
The goal of treatment is to control the symptoms of nephrotic syndrome and prevent chronic kidney failure.
In general, treatments may include:
- Antibiotics to control infections
- Anti-inflammatory medicines to reduce the immune response
- Dialysis
- Fluid restriction
- Kidney transplant
- Low-fat diet
- Low- or moderate-protein diet (1 gram of protein per kilogram of body weight per day)
- Medicines to treat high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, and high triglyceride levels
- Salt-reduced diet
- Vitamin D supplements
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