How Stem Cell Transplant Treats Nephrotic Syndrome

This is a case about how stem cell transplant treats Nephrotic Syndrome.
Name: Miss Zhang Hua
Age: 30 years old
Diagnosis: Nephrotic Syndrome
Nationality: Shandong Province, China
Before being discharged in our Hospital:
In December, 2009, Miss Zhang began to feel obvious edema in both of the two eyelids without any inducement. And then, the whole body began to show edema with little amount of urine. At that time, Miss Zhang did not have urgent urination, frequent urination, odynuria, rash or arthralgia. In this case, Miss Zhang went to the local hospital and had some physical examination. The report showed that the blood pressure was high and the urinalysis showed that protein was three pluses, occult blood is also two pluses. Therefore, Miss Zhang was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome. At the local hospital, Miss Zhang mainly received western medicine treatment: hormone. However, after the treatment, symptoms appeared every now and then.
So Miss Zhang came to our Hospital in the hope of a better treatment.
After discharged, Miss Zhang received Chinese Medicine every day. It is applied mainly to promote the blood circulation, discharge the toxins in the body, which can create a suitable inner environment for the transplant of stem cells. At the same time, she also took some western medicine. 15 days after Miss Zhang came to our Hospital, she received stem cell transplant. One month after that, all symptoms and discomfort disappeared with the help of doctors and nurses.
Miss Zhang had another examination before she was discharged from our hospital.
Serum creatinine became 54 umol/L，β2-MG turned to 2.47 mg/L. Protein in urine turned negative.
Miss Zhang and her family members are all satisfied with the result.
Kidney disease experts’ comment on stem cell transplant to treat Nephrotic Syndrome is as follows:
Stem cell can repair the damaged intrinsic cells after entering into human bodies. It can also differentiate into the necrotic ones, which proves that stem cell can revive renal function, and makes the kidney work as well as before. Compared with western medicine, stem cell has no side effects.
Now, stem cell transplant and Chinese Medicine have become the characteristic treatment in our Hospital, which also gave thousands of patients hope.