Decoding Nephrotic Syndrome
Ever since this syndrome came into my life through my son, I have been literally trying to research and figure out what is it all about.
I tried all forms of treatment for my son and finally settled down with Allopathic medicine tacrolimus. I have tried Accupressure , Ayurveda , Homeopathy and Allopathy. I started with Allopathy and Ended up with the same and continuing the same. I do want to tell that these are based on my personal experience and not a professional medical recommendation.I tried to decode and find out answers . Based on my reading so far
Why does it happen?
Allopathy says- It is called Minimal Change Disease where the reason is unknown. Mostly happens in male children. Few children outgrow this disease as they growup but clearly cannot tell when.
Take steroids(predinosolone) - to avoid inflammation of glomuruli filter Take second line immunosupressant(like tacrolimus)- bcos the disease is thought to be linked with immune disregulation. your immune system is working incorrectly attacking your organs. it is trying to attack free protein chains in the food( assuming it as foreign bodies) that should otherwise be broken down to absorbable form. To supress the immune system from doing so they recommend taking immunosupressants. This is what my son is currently on.
Accupuncture/accurpressure says- Any form of enrgy flow disruption causes disease in body . A human body should have a balance in absorption and burning of energy . So they say he has more protein in the body than he can actually burn so body is trying to push it out. So cut down all animal protein and keep it minimal as per his age and weight. When the kidney has worked hard on expelling hte protein and when we dont respect its concern and still keep overfeeding the kidney shrinks and stops functioning. It does so to revive back to its orignal state . During this condition the urine output stops from a nephrotic child. Due to reduced protein in the blood and the water and salt which is the essential component of a balanced human body gets settled between the cells so that it can be fetched at the time of need to function all organs. When all the water and salt gets stored the child becomes swollen. It is essential to cut down protein and heavy food during relapse and keep the load on kidney to minimal to avoid shrinking of the kidney Though teh kidney will come back to its original form it is not recommended to constantly get the kidney to such a state because it leads to severe conditions and require hospitalisation.
Homeopathy says- This disease is nothing to be feared and it is a symptom of infection in your kidney. A form of virus is stuck up in the kidney and to eliminate that the immune system is attacking and as a result the cells are depleted and hence protein leaks from the body. Any form of Virus has a certain life time and these are usually non replicating in nature and hence will be outgrown by the child as he grows older and so does the lifespan of virus ( it becomes older and dies)
Ayurveda says- Imbalance in heat. Body is overheated and hence the filter gets dilated due to high heat and hence protein goes out. Also a symptom of dehydration. It is essential to be welll hydrated and keep the body heat under balance. Too much playing in sun without taking sufficent water. Sitting for a long time and not doing sufficient activity wherein a person sweats and expells heat is absent . All this causes imbalance in heat and dilation of filter. So take foods that are watery and grow in stems of a plant. like snakeguard, ridgeguard, bitterguard, pumpkin, clusterbeans etc.
Others from Internet say- this happens due to a leaky gut and hence it is essential to keep the gut healthier to achieve a healthy gut avoid gluten and dairy as they are allergens to many people around the world. The protein in food is leaked off from the gut and entering hte blood stream . Since in raw form it is entering the blood the immune system is attacking and hence causing protein leak.
All this and many more theories I read. I just pray and hope I figure out the reason someday and keep the disease in bay.
Why does it happen?
Allopathy says- It is called Minimal Change Disease where the reason is unknown. Mostly happens in male children. Few children outgrow this disease as they growup but clearly cannot tell when.
Take steroids(predinosolone) - to avoid inflammation of glomuruli filter Take second line immunosupressant(like tacrolimus)- bcos the disease is thought to be linked with immune disregulation. your immune system is working incorrectly attacking your organs. it is trying to attack free protein chains in the food( assuming it as foreign bodies) that should otherwise be broken down to absorbable form. To supress the immune system from doing so they recommend taking immunosupressants. This is what my son is currently on.
Accupuncture/accurpressure says- Any form of enrgy flow disruption causes disease in body . A human body should have a balance in absorption and burning of energy . So they say he has more protein in the body than he can actually burn so body is trying to push it out. So cut down all animal protein and keep it minimal as per his age and weight. When the kidney has worked hard on expelling hte protein and when we dont respect its concern and still keep overfeeding the kidney shrinks and stops functioning. It does so to revive back to its orignal state . During this condition the urine output stops from a nephrotic child. Due to reduced protein in the blood and the water and salt which is the essential component of a balanced human body gets settled between the cells so that it can be fetched at the time of need to function all organs. When all the water and salt gets stored the child becomes swollen. It is essential to cut down protein and heavy food during relapse and keep the load on kidney to minimal to avoid shrinking of the kidney Though teh kidney will come back to its original form it is not recommended to constantly get the kidney to such a state because it leads to severe conditions and require hospitalisation.
Homeopathy says- This disease is nothing to be feared and it is a symptom of infection in your kidney. A form of virus is stuck up in the kidney and to eliminate that the immune system is attacking and as a result the cells are depleted and hence protein leaks from the body. Any form of Virus has a certain life time and these are usually non replicating in nature and hence will be outgrown by the child as he grows older and so does the lifespan of virus ( it becomes older and dies)
Ayurveda says- Imbalance in heat. Body is overheated and hence the filter gets dilated due to high heat and hence protein goes out. Also a symptom of dehydration. It is essential to be welll hydrated and keep the body heat under balance. Too much playing in sun without taking sufficent water. Sitting for a long time and not doing sufficient activity wherein a person sweats and expells heat is absent . All this causes imbalance in heat and dilation of filter. So take foods that are watery and grow in stems of a plant. like snakeguard, ridgeguard, bitterguard, pumpkin, clusterbeans etc.
Others from Internet say- this happens due to a leaky gut and hence it is essential to keep the gut healthier to achieve a healthy gut avoid gluten and dairy as they are allergens to many people around the world. The protein in food is leaked off from the gut and entering hte blood stream . Since in raw form it is entering the blood the immune system is attacking and hence causing protein leak.
All this and many more theories I read. I just pray and hope I figure out the reason someday and keep the disease in bay.
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