Therapeutic effect of combined treatment of traditional Chinese with western medicine on nephrotic syndrome purpuric nephritis:A report of 54 cases

Objective To investigate the therapeutic effe ct of combined treatment of traditional Chinese with western medicine on nephrotic syndrome purpuric nephritis.Methods 96 patients with nephrotic syndrome purpuric nephritis were randomly divided into treatment group and cont rol group.54 patients in treatment group were treated by combined treatment of traditional Chinese with western medicine;42 patients in control group were t reated only by western medicine.Results The effective rate in t reatment group was 92.5% ,which was significantly higher than that (76.2%) of co ntrol group (P0.05).The side effect in treatment group was 20.4%,which was significantly lower than that (35.7%) of control group (P0.05).There were significant differences in urinary protein of 24h and serum albumin in treatme nt group before and after treatment,which were superior to those of control grou p (P0.01).Conclusion The combined treatment of traditiona l Chinese with western medicine is obviously superior to western medicine alone in improving prognosis of nephrotic syndrome purpuric nephritis,the former can d ecrease the incidence of adverse effect.