How do the nephrotic syndrome patients deal with the sudden weight gain

“I am a nephrotic syndrome patients and have taken prednisone for a few months. I found my my weight get heavier and heavier and my face begun to be swelling, I just want to know the cause and management. Should the medicine the doctors prescribed to me be responsible for the problem?” lots of nephrotic patients complained it to us. What exactly cause the weight gain of the patients?

The cause of weight gain in nephrotic syndrome

The prednisone works on regulating the balance of the body fluid and the electrolytes such as sodium, but at the same time it would cause the water retention in the body which would lead to face swelling and weight gain. What’s more, the long-term use of this kind of drug would increase your appetite, which also results in the fat depositing in the body and make your weight rise.

Generally speaking, the edema would go away within approximately one week after stopping the use of the drugs and the weight would gradually lose. But the nephrotic syndrome always tends to relapse after the western medicine therapies, and the patients have to face the weight gain again if they still receive the western medicine treatment.

Treatment for nephrotic syndrome to get rid of weight gain

Traditional Chinese Treatment has been proved to be the most effective therapy on fighting against the nephrotic syndrome in the medical fields both at China and abroad. The therapy helps to alleviate the weight gain from the root cause of it with combining of the Traditional Chinese Medicine and western medicine. In other words, it helps to improve the renal function through repairing the renal inherent cells with less adverse effects. As the increase of the renal function, the symptoms including the weight gain naturally disappear and would not get relapse.


nephrotic syndrome with high rate of recurrence, so patients should have a timely and effective prevention and treatment in case of the happen of kidney failure. And now if you want to know more information about the cause and management for weigh gain in nephrotic syndrome or ask for treatment suggestions, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.