What Is The Prognosis and Treatment of Glomerulonephritis-(GN)?
If timely detected, the disease can be arrested. The patient will need drugs, especially corticosteroids like predlisolone, etc. This drug has its own side-effects and needs to be tapered. Many a time, as soon as the drug is tapered, a relapse occurs, and again the dosage of the drug has to be increased, and this goes on in many of the cases. However, spontaneous and temporary remission may also occur. With the control of proteinuria by administering the above drug, oedema decreases/subsides. A good way to see the prognosis of the disease is a daily check-up of 24-hour urine for albumin, and look for improvement in the swelling of the feet/body of the patient. Since, as a result of proteinuria, there is loss of protein in the blood (hypoproteinaemia), the patient is given a high protein diet. Pure protein, available in different preparations, like powder or biscuits, is prescribed. And, a constant watch is kept on the level of protein, both in the blood and in the urine, and the diet i
