What are Common Complications of Nephrotic Syndrome

Nephrotic syndrome is not only more complications, and difficult to detect, which is the most painful thing a patient, the following are some common complications of nephrotic syndrome, might find out.

Infection

Urine of patients with nephrotic syndrome due to the loss of a lot of immunoglobulins, plasma protein reduced the impact of antibody formation. Coupled with the use of glucocorticoid drugs, leading to decreased immunity of patients, it is prone to infection, such as respiratory infections, skin infections, urinary tract infections, primary peritonitis, can induce severe sepsis.

Acute renal failure

Nephrotic syndrome due to hypoalbuminemia, proteinuria and hyperlipidemia, often so that the body is in a low volume and hypercoagulable state in patients with diarrhea and vomiting, the use of anti-hypertensive drugs and diuretics lot diuretic, can lead to a sharp reduction in renal blood perfusion, thus reducing the glomerular filtration rate, these are induced acute renal failure is possible.

Coronary heart disease

Common in patients with hyperlipidemia and hypercoagulability nephrotic syndrome, it can easily lead to coronary heart disease. Data indicate the incidence of myocardial infarction in patients with nephrotic syndrome, eight times higher than normal. Coronary heart disease has become nephrotic syndrome following the infection and renal failure, the third death factor.

Thrombosis

Prone to thrombosis in patients with nephrotic syndrome, especially membranous nephropathy incidence of up to 25% to 40%. The reason thrombosis have high cholesterol, edema, venous stasis, less patient activity, the use of glucocorticoid prone to cause blood hypercoagulable state and fibrinogen levels too high.kidneyfight@hotmail.com