Treatment for FSGS (Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis)

The successful treatment for patients with FSGS is a challenging for most nephrologists. In order to avoid the reoccurrence of FSGS, a comprehensive treatment is needed. The common treatment your doctor may suggested for you:

Patients need to change their diet—low-sodium and low-protein diet which can help to lower down the burden of kidneys to protect the kidney tissues and also reduce the high blood pressure which is one of common complications of FSGS.

Besides, they need to follow the direction of doctors to avoid the medicines which may hurt your kidneys. If they have other illness, such as cold or flu, they need to tell their medical history in order to take the correct drugs. Furthermore, drugs for decreasing blood pressure is used to lower down the hurt in kidney tissues.

Many types of hormone or immunosuppressive agents are used to decrease the protein in your urine. These drugs can protect kidney cells from the damage of renal inflammation. This treatment is main for remit the symptoms of FSGS.

In many countries or regions, these therapies for FSGS are believed as the good ones. However, all of these do nothing to repair kidney tissues, so FSGS reoccurs frequently. Only kidney tissues recovery can treat this disease from the root. How to repair kidney tissues?

Immunotherapy does not only contain immunodepression, but also focuses on the regulation of immune system. FSGS is caused by a disordered immune system and the immune complexes cannot be removed by immune cells. So patients need a therapy to regulate the immune system in order to achieve a balance and release more phagocyte to discharge the immune complexes.


The regulation always cost a long time and it adopts Chinese herbs to adjust the function of every tissues and organs. As a result, patients can achieve a wonderful coordination of organs and regain health. The prescription of Chinese herbs should be made by the experienced Chinese medicine doctors. Through external application and oral decoction, patients would get good effect. As long as they have a healthy immune system, their FSGS would be removed from the root.