Prognosis of Nephrotic syndrome

Prognosis for Nephrotic syndrome: Nephrotic syndrome may go away once the underlying cause, if known, has been treated. In children, 80 percent of nephrotic syndrome cases are caused by minimal change disease, which can be successfully treated with prednisone. However, in adults most of the time a kidney disease is the underlying cause, and these diseases cannot be cured. (Source: excerpt from Nephrotic Syndrome in Adults: NIDDK) ...see also Overview of Nephrotic syndrome

Life Expectancy and Survival Rates

Average life years lost from Nephrotic syndrome: 13.3 for nephritis/nephrotic syndrome/nephrosis in North Carolina¹. ...see also deaths and Nephrotic syndrome

Complications:

Complications of Nephrotic syndrome may include:

• Kidney failure (type of Kidney disease)
• Ascites
• Pleural effusion
• Heart conditions
• CNS disorders
• more complications...»

Complications of Nephrotic syndrome from the Diseases Database include:

• Transferrin levels low (serum)
• Hepatic vein thrombosis
• Thrombophilia
• Pleural effusion
• Serum protein electrophoresis abnormal
• more complications...»

See also complications of Nephrotic syndrome.

Death Statistics for Nephrotic syndrome

The following are statistics from various sources about deaths related to Nephrotic syndrome:

• 39,480 people died from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• 13.9 people per 100,000 population died from nephritis, nephrotic syndrome and nephrosis each year in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• Kidney disease was ranked the ninth leading cause of death in the US 2001 (Deaths: Final Data for 2001, NCHS, CDC)
• more death statistics...»

Nephrotic syndrome: Research More

• Nephrotic syndrome: Introduction
• Deaths: Nephrotic syndrome
• Symptoms: Nephrotic syndrome
• Complications: Nephrotic syndrome
• Causes: Nephrotic syndrome
• Treatments: Nephrotic syndrome

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Nephrotic syndrome usually refers to the likely outcome of Nephrotic syndrome. The prognosis of Nephrotic syndrome may include the duration of Nephrotic syndrome, chances of complications of Nephrotic syndrome, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Nephrotic syndrome, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Nephrotic syndrome. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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