Friday, August 3, 2012

Treatment Principles for renal amyloidosis


That amyloid is not a starch substance insoluble fibrin. Amyloid deposition in the kidneys, cause kidney disease called renal amyloidosis. Disease treatment principles are as follows:


(1) the treatment of primary renal amyloidosis was advocated in combination with small doses of adrenal corticosteroids (such as prednisone), melphalan, and colchicine, relieve symptoms and prolong life role.


(2) the treatment of secondary renal amyloidosis secondary renal amyloid degeneration who should be on the basis of active control of the primary disease, the use of these drugs. Some cases in the control of chronic suppurative infection lesions, or resection, control of tuberculosis, often can stop the development or improvement of the disease, the precipitation of the starch-like substance can be absorbed, significant improvement in clinical symptoms, proteinuria disappeared.


(3) the development of uremia when the treatment of renal amyloidosis is an irreversible disease, when lesions later development of uremia stage dialysis replacement therapy, but poor long-term effects. Severe heart failure, viable kidney transplant.

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