Facts about Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

"Save kidneys, save lives" indicates that kidney disease is a risk to threaten their lives. Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a kind of serious kidney disease. About 14% of patients with renal failure have FSGS and it is also the second leading cause of children renal failure. So patients need to pay more care to the kidneys in order to avoid a further damage caused by this disease.

What is FSGS? It is short for focal segmental glomerulosclerosis that means some sections of kidney filters are scarred. Usually the scarring filters take part less than 50% and the filters are the glomeruli which are used for filtering blood and removing toxic substances and excessive water from the body.

How does FSGS strike kidneys? This disease is idiopathic and many people cannot say the causes of FSGS. In fact, it is caused by a disordered immune system. Due to unhealthy diet or life style, immunity is easy to lower down. Infections would occur in this bad physical situation. During this immunoreaction, a large number of immune complexes are formed and deposit in kidneys, causing a furious inflammation to damage kidney tissues.

How is FSGS diagnosed? It is usually diagnosed with renal biopsy. Through observing several glomeruli taken from patients’ kidney tissues, doctors can indicate whether it is FSGS.

What are the symptoms of FSGS? They do not only have symptoms caused by kidney disease but also have some complications. For example:

Protein in urine

Low blood protein

High blood pressure

Swelling in parts or the whole body

Heart disease

What is treatment for FSGS?

Some therapies for symptoms

Low-salt diet that can remit swelling

Drugs for reducing high blood pressure

Anticoagulants to prevent blood clots

Statins to lower the cholesterol level

Treatment for repairing kidneys--Immunotherapy

Immunodepression medications are needed to put down the furious renal inflammation.

Immune regulation adopts Chinese herbs therapy to balance immune system to block renal inflammation from the root.


Immune protection use Immunotherapy to rebuild a new immune system to keep a good physical condition. Furthermore, it provides more new cell to form healthy tissues to improve kidney function.