Post Date December, 03 2023
Xiao Lin is 3 years old this year and was originally a very mischievous boy. In the small class of kindergarten, he is the most active. I enjoy answering questions in class and playing with my friends after class. I am highly loved by teachers and classmates, and I have also become a "class monitor" through election. I am always surrounded by many friends.
But a few days later, Xiaolin became less restless and restless. Xiaolin's mother took his son's temperature and unexpectedly had a high fever of 39 ℃. On the same day, Xiaolin's mother took her son to the emergency room and received a fluid infusion and a pile of medicine.
Unexpectedly, a few days later, the fever subsided, but symptoms of edema appeared on the face and legs. The examination results of the local city hospital showed that there was a large amount of protein leakage in Xiaolin's urine, accompanied by symptoms of high fever and edema, diagnosed as nephrotic syndrome. The local hospital used prednisone acetate to control protein leakage, initially eliminating the symptoms of edema, but it recurred after stopping the medication. The local doctor's suggestion was to continue taking steroids.
The powerful side effects of hormones have made Xiaolin's mother worried about her child's future. At the end of September, Xiaolin was transferred to a hospital to try traditional Chinese medicine treatment. Upon admission, Kobayashi had 3+urinary protein, 1+occult blood, and only about 500ml of urine left. He had a fever accompanied by high edema, and his condition was very poor.
With the development of treatment, Xiaolin's various indicators are improving. Ten days later, protein 2+, occult blood turned negative, urine output returned to normal, weight loss, edema disappeared, and fever also left early.
Seeing that there was still urine protein 2+on the test sheet, Xiaolin's mother specifically asked the doctor during the ward round: Why does proteinuria occur in renal syndrome? Can my son's urine protein turn negative?
In fact, urinary protein is caused by damage to the filtration function of the glomerulus, leading to the leakage of plasma protein into the urine. This part of the protein exceeds the reabsorption capacity of the renal tubules, and the urine test protein will be positive. The function of hormones is to reduce the permeability of kidney cells and prevent the leakage of proteins and other substances. Therefore, the application of hormones can quickly turn urine protein negative and cause recurrence without inhibition.
The traditional Chinese medicine in our hospital gradually eliminates symptoms while improving the state of renal ischemia and hypoxia, and extensively removes immune complexes deposited in Xiaolin's kidneys. To see if the therapeutic effect is good, in addition to observing indicators of urinary protein and occult blood, it is also necessary to check whether the filtration function of the glomerulus is improved, which is the fundamental treatment for kidney disease.
However, Xiaolin's treatment only lasts for ten days and is currently in the stage of extensively clearing immune complexes. As can be seen from Xiaolin's urine, Xiaolin not only turns negative, but also has a lower chance of recurrence in the future.
After his condition improved, Xiao Lin regained his usual mischievous and playful nature, and as soon as he woke up, he asked the nurse sister for toys. With a naive and adorable expression on his face, who would have thought he was so swollen that he couldn't walk a few days ago?
