Steroids are commonly used medicines for kidney patients, especially glomerulonephritis patients. But due to their side effects and poor function, a lot of patients seek alternatives. Other than steroids how can you treat kidney disease? After reading this article, you will find out the answer.

In some cases, steroids are necessary treatment for kidney patients.

If you have massive proteinuria, steroids can help suppress renal inflammation so as to reduce protein leakage and protect your kidneys from being damaged further. If you are steroid-resistant, combination of steroids and immunosuppressants may be together. From this point of view, steroids are good for renal patients. But the problem is that steroids can not clear those substances that trigger renal inflammation. Once you taper or stop the intake of steroids, inflammatory reaction in kidneys will flare up again, and then associated symptoms come back. Therefore, you have to keep on steroids for long-term, which bring you a variety of side effects.

Alternatives to steroids for kidney patients

Here we recommend you to try Toxin-Removing Treatment, which has been practiced in Shijiazhuang Hetaiheng Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine for years and proved to be effective in treating kidney disease.

This is a systemic Chinese medicine treatment, which is made up of Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy, Medicated Bath, Enema Therapy, Steam Therapy, Navel Therapy, Cycle Therapy and so on. It can increase your urine volume, improve your bowel movement and make you sweat so as to eliminate more waste products from body. It can also expand blood vessels and dispel stasis from blood vessels so that blood flow can be fluent and enough essential elements such as oxygen, enzymes, essential elements and active ingredients of medicine can be transported into nidus to speed up kidney recovery. After about one week’s treatment, your swelling will fade away. After about half month’s treatment, proteinuria will decrease or even turn negative. After about one month’s treatment, your renal function will be improved gradually. With the improvement of renal condition, you can taper and eventually stop steroids without inducing relapse.

Other than steroids how can you treat kidney disease? You can try Traditional Chinese Medicine or some other ways. Now you can send a copy of your lab report to renal-disease@hotmail.com. We can help you analyze it and then give you personalized guidance on treatment.