Nephrotic syndrome isn’t a disease. It’s a group of symptoms that can appear if your kidneys aren’t working right. You might have a condition that affects only your kidneys. Doctors call ...

Nephrotic syndrome refers to several symptoms that indicate the kidneys are not working properly. Glomerulonephritis may be acute or chronic. All forms can be progressive, meaning that without ...

Nephrotic syndrome is a kidney disorder in which too much protein is passed in the urine, resulting in puffiness over the face, and tiredness. It is usually caused due to damage to the small blood ...

November 30, 2009 — Recommendations for primary care clinicians regarding the diagnosis and treatment of nephrotic syndrome in adults are reviewed in the November 15 issue of the American Family ...

Tacrolimus outshined another immunosuppressive drug at extending relapse-free survival in kids with frequently relapsing or steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome in a randomized study from China. All ...

In five children a nephrotic syndrome developed within one month (three cases), 11 months, and 10 years of the onset of diabetes mellitus. The syndrome, which responded to steroid therapy ...

Anti-CD20 therapy is increasingly being used in the treatment of various patterns of nephrotic syndrome in adults and children. However, its use is still based largely on observational studies and ...

Prolonged hyperlipidaemia in nephrotic syndrome is a major risk factor for multiple disease complications, including accelerated atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, stroke, chronic kidney ...

4 Most patients receiving allografts in whom the nephrotic syndrome developed had glomerulonephritis as the renal disease before transplantation, and this experience has left unanswered the ...

For children with nephrotic syndrome, there was no difference in time to relapse between two commonly used non-steroid immunosuppressive medications, according to an observational study that ...

"I’m always at home,” Rodriguez said. Rodriguez has struggled for years with nephrotic syndrome – a kidney disorder. When she was six – her mother gave her a life-saving gift.

A nephrotic syndrome diet can help people with nephrotic syndrome. Eating some foods and avoiding others may help a person to improve or manage symptoms. Nephrotic syndrome is a group of symptoms ...