Hormone therapy for proteinuria

Urine protein mainly refers to the high level of protein in the urine. The most common cause of this condition is kidney disease. Because of kidney disease, protein cannot be stored and will be excreted excessively from the body. At this time, good treatment is needed in time. Hormones play a good role in treating urinary protein. At this time, don't be afraid of hormones. Correct medication treatment can have a good therapeutic effect. Let's take a look at this aspect.

Hormone therapy for proteinuria

The reason why hormones can treat urinary protein is that most types of urinary protein in kidney disease are caused by excessive inflammatory response, which can destroy a large number of kidney cells, especially glomerular epithelial cells, causing holes in the glomerular filtration barrier and causing protein loss. The role of hormones is to inhibit these excessive inflammatory responses, reduce kidney cell damage, and thus reduce protein loss.

Therefore, before the glomerular filtration barrier is completely destroyed, as long as the excessive inflammatory response can be suppressed, urine protein can basically have a good therapeutic effect, and can even turn to negative.

The real significance of hormone therapy for proteinuria

Are good efficacy, quick results and low prices all the advantages of hormones? Of course not. The reason why doctors use hormones to treat urinary protein is because this is a substance that should be secreted by the human body itself, and it is responsible for inhibiting infection and regulating water and electrolyte balance. Oral hormones are only a temporary substitute. Their real significance lies in stimulating the body's own ability to secrete hormones and making the internal environment harmonious again.

For this reason, even if the urine protein has turned negative, hormones cannot be stopped all at once, but the dosage should be gradually reduced in order to maintain the hormone balance in the body.

A rational view of hormones

Many patients are averse to hormones because improper use of hormones can lead to many side effects, such as moon face, buffalo hump, hyperactivity, poor skin condition, etc. But in fact, with the continuous accumulation of clinical experience, these problems have rarely occurred. Hormones, as a basic drug for the treatment of kidney disease, are not only used to eliminate urinary protein, but are also good for regulating the body's immunity. You should know that not all kidney disease patients have decreased immunity. Many types of kidney disease are actually immune-hyperactive and need to be suppressed by hormones.