Symptoms of nephrotic syndrome in children

There are many common diseases among children. We cannot choose treatment methods arbitrarily when treating children's diseases. Many parents choose the wrong treatment methods when treating their children's diseases, which has a great impact on the children's bodies. Moreover, choosing the wrong treatment method will also aggravate the condition. So what is nephrotic syndrome in children? After this type of disease occurs, the child's body will also have obvious symptoms.

Symptoms of nephrotic syndrome in children:

1. Hyperlipidemia Children with nephrotic syndrome have abnormal lipid metabolism, which causes an increase in almost all lipoprotein components in the patient's plasma. Plasma total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol increase significantly, and triglycerides and very low-density lipoprotein cholesterol also increase.

2. The appearance of massive proteinuria is one of the reliable indicators for diagnosing nephrotic syndrome in children.

3. Severe edema. Different types of children with nephrotic syndrome, including children with nephritis and primary children with nephrotic syndrome, etc. Almost all children with nephrotic syndrome may have varying degrees of edema clinically, with pitting edema all over the body. Edema is an early clinical manifestation of children with nephrotic syndrome, which often attracts the attention of parents and clinical workers and leads to medical treatment. The age of onset is mostly children over 7 years old, and the edema is generally not serious. Renal function is generally normal. When there is obvious oliguria during the edema period, temporary mild azotemia may occur.

4. Hypoproteinemia: Children with nephrotic syndrome lose a large amount of albumin in their bodies, and their serum albumin levels remain below 30g/L, so hypoproteinemia is very likely to occur.

5. The blood pressure of children with nephrotic syndrome may increase to varying degrees, and paroxysmal or persistent hypertension and hematuria often occur.

By understanding the symptoms of nephrotic syndrome in children, we should choose the treatment that is suitable for the patient, which will be of great help in stabilizing the patient's disease. At the same time, during the treatment of nephrotic syndrome in children, we should also pay attention to the child's diet. No irritating foods should be chosen, otherwise it will not help improve the condition.