Can Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome be treated?
Unfortunately, once hemolytic uremic syndrome develops, there is no known treatment that can stop the progress of the syndrome. Most treatments ared aimed at easing the immediate symptoms and at preventing further complications. Supportive therapy consists of maintaining specific levels of fluids and salts, which are replaced only as needed. Blood transfusions (packed red blood cells) are sometimes needed. Treatment of high blood pressure is often necessary. Dialysis is also needed at times to help the kidneys perform their function. Other complications, such as neurological complications, necessitate additional medications. Ninety percent of children with hemolytic uremic syndrome who receive careful supportive care survive past the initial harrowing stages of the condition, and most of those will have no long-term effects. But between 10 percent and 30 percent of the survivors will have kidney damage that leads to permanent kidney failure either immediately or over the course of seve
