2013年12月28日星期六

Children with nephrotic syndrome to calcium!


Neighbor's child had nephrotic syndrome, originally chubby little face now looks more fat , swollen eyes became a seam, people feel distressed and pathetic. After some time the impact of the treating physician , and diuretic swelling , reasonable diet, prevention and treatment of infections , swelling gradually subsided . Family are very happy, but the most recent time there has been a sudden convulsions , tetany , after doctors diagnosed that caused due to hypocalcemia .



An important feature of nephrotic syndrome in children is a lot of proteinuria discharge. Proteinuria loss mainly albumin . While losing a lot of albumin , blood albumin easily combine with calcium proteinuria also be excreted. At a time when children are in strong growth phase , the body of a relative increase in the demand for calcium , the body prone to cause calcium deficiency in children . If you do not pay attention to the children in a timely manner inadequate intake of calcium or calcium-rich food , which ultimately caused the calcium is low , calcium -induced convulsions , tetany .

In addition, the treatment of nephrotic syndrome requires long-term use of large doses of adrenal corticosteroids . Pharmacological studies have shown that hormone against human intestinal absorption of vitamin D and calcium effect. So to make the body of calcium deficiency in children with more severe and thus easily lead to osteoporosis in children , activities prone to fracture .

Thus, in the integrated treatment of children with nephrotic syndrome , it should also pay attention to vitamin D and calcium supplements to compensate for the phenomenon of calcium to prevent the occurrence of hypocalcemia in children with convulsions , tetany , osteoporosis and fractures , which is doctor and patients in the treatment of children with nephrotic syndrome should be noted . The parents give their children to eat calcium foods , drugs make at the same time with tonic , you can reduce or even avoid calcium complications.

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