high urea and creatinine

Hi,Im suffering from Focalsegmentalglomerulosclerosis since last 12 years..My blood urea and creatinine has started increasing since 2006.My Blood pressure is NORMAL.There is no edema.Apetite Normal .Sleep Normal.Urine Volume Normal.Im 29 year old ,5'3''tall weighing 45 kgs.I request you to kindly let me suggest If there is any treatment related to this disease in homeopathy so that further deterioration of kidney doesn't take place and the disease is finally arrested or cured.I shall be grateful to you.

Detail information about my illness::

A) What is the diagnosis made by your local physician?
:: Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis

B) Swelling: In which part of the body do you notice more of puffiness or
bloating (for instance face or around your eyes, or legs, etc)? Which was
the area of the body where swelling was first
observed? How severe is this bloating (for instance you cannot fit in
previous clothing or mention you weight prior to this complaint and recent
weight).
:: There is no edema

C) Do you experience any problem with urination (for instance you require to
visit lavatory less often or any pain while passing urine etc)? Have you
noticed any change in color or smell of urine
following this condition? Have you noticed blood in the urine any time?
:: No I don’t experience any problem with urination.

D) Is there any change in your blood pressure with this condition?
:: No,my BP is normal.In fact I have never had hypertension.

E) Is there any change in your bowel motions (for instance increased
frequency or change in the consistency of stools etc)?
:: Bowel clearance takes place in the late morning hours (delayed).


F) Do you experience any change in appetite associated with this condition?
:: No

G) Do you experience fatigue, tiredness, frequent infections or any other
such complaints with this condition?
:: Yes I do feel weak and tired.But frequent infections are not experienced.

H) Have you noticed any distention of abdomen or do you find difficulty in
breathing?
:: There is a feeling of gaseous accumulation in both upper and lower abdomen.

I) Please tell us since how long have you been diagnosed with Nephrotic
Syndrome. (For instance one year, five years, etc.)
::It was during 24 hours urine test in the year 1996 around 3.8gms protein was found in my urine.Since then I have been taking medicines to lower the level of protein in urine.In 2000 kidney biopsy was done to confirm the exact type of disease and it was dignosed as Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis.


J) Do you get these episodes repeatedly? If so, how frequently? (For
instance, once in 6 months or once in a year, etc)
:: There is nothing like frequent episodes as the nature of this particular disease is different.


K) Please elaborate on what you feel may be the probable cause for this
complaint? You can use following checklist as guideline. If there is any
other specific reason kindly mention it.

¢ Do you feel your trouble started after some major stress?
¢ Do you feel your trouble started after having some infection (for
instance throat infection or skin infection, malaria, hepatitis, etc)?
¢ Do you feel your trouble started after taking any particular
medicine? (For instance antibiotics, painkillers, steroids, hormones,
contraceptive pills, anti-hypertensive medications etc)?
:: Im not sure but I think it could be due to recurrent urinary infections I used to get in childhood.Or could be due to strong antibiotics given during infancy when I often used to get fever .

K) Also write when do you feel worse or better about your symptoms (for
instance any particular season or part of the day when the problem is
more/less like early morning or night or spring, any
particular position in which you feel comfortable for instance lying on back
or tummy or sitting upright, etc.) Any other information, which you think is
relevant about Nephrotic Syndrome, may be
described here in adequate length.
::I can’t tolerate both excessive hot and cold weather.

3. Associated complaints:
Endometriosis

4. General information about you:

a. Appetite: Average

b. Strong likes and dislikes about food: I like salty food.dislike sour and too much spicey and oily food .Im strictly vegetarian.

c. Thirst: Average

d. Sweat: less

e. Temperature tolerance:
:: More tolerant to heat but I feel strong heat in my stomach so I don’t feel good after eating heat generating food I mean food rich ,strong and hot in nature.Also I can’t tolerate sunlight.Sunrays give me severe throbbing like headache .

f. Your physical appearance: thin,around 5’3’’ weight 46kgs ,fair complexion. Iam myopic and I wear spectacles .Power is -1.5.

g. Urination: Normal

h. Menses: (In females)

i. I underwent laproscopic surgery for Endometriosis in sep 2004. For which as a post operative treatment I have been taking Progestrone Tablets 10 mg BD since Dec 2004.So
I don’t get regular periods.I get periods after every 2 months on discontinuation of progestrone tablets only.Before surgery that is sep 2004 I used to get heavy and extremely painful periods with mid cycle staining, pain in lower abdomen with gastrointestinal disturbances .

ii. Mood changes before, during or after the menses
:: feel depressed before and after menses.

. Others:

j. Sleep: Normal with dreams

k. Dreams: Please state if you see some specific and repetitive dreams
:: earlier I used to see snake and water in my dreams .


5. Your Family set up:
My family consists of me ,my father ,one elder sister and elder brother.My sister is married.Im the youngest one in my family.I have done MCA but im not working right now..My mother expired in 2004 .She was also a patient of chronic kidney disease and got transplanted in 1998.I spent most of my time at home with my father who is a retired army officer.


6. About your back ground:
As a child I used to get frequent episodes of urinary tract infection.In 1990 I fell ill with high grade fever around 106 F with chills and allergic type swelling on my face .Though fever came down but urine reports showed pressence of klebsiella.I was given ciprobid for this .And after taking ciprobid I never got episodes of UTI.


7. About your Mind:
For correct homeopathic treatment, the study of mind is essential. Please
write about your emotions, feelings in general.

- Please state which of the emotions are more dominant in you:
:: I feel sad and depressed .I am lacking in cofidence and often get nervous due to anxiety.Psychologically im not very healthy.Im very vulnerable to my surroundings .Even small irrelevent matters make me tense.

- Please describe, if some major events in your life have occurred
which could have triggered ill health.
:: I was never a healthy child.In my childhood days I often used to fell ill . I used to get frequent attacks of common cold and fever.( I never got throat infection). But inspite of this I was a very active and smart child .But After attaining the age of menarche ie..11 years.. slowly slowly I started feeling weak and lethargic.


8. Past history of disease: Endometriosis for which I underwent laproscopic surgery in 2004.Presently taking medroxyprogestrone tablets 10 mg BD as a post operative treatment for endometriosis.

9. Family history of diseases: My mother was a kidney patient( chronic kideny disease) .She underwent kidney tranplant but died after 6 years due to some other infection not related to kidneys.

10. Past treatment: Initially(in 1996) I was given envas 2.5mg OD.But in 2004 losartan 50mg OD was added .In 2005 doses were increased from envas 2.5mg to 5 mg OD and losartan 50 mg OD to 100mg OD .


11. Current treatment (if any): Presently Im taking
Losar 100mg OD
Envas 5 mg OD
Shelcal 500mg BD
Alfa D3 0.25mcg
Orofer BD
And Modus 10 mg BD ( medroxyprogestrone for Endometriosis).
Im undergoing treatment at AIIMS.


12. Other information: I have no history of edema and high blood pressure.Initially my urine protein was 3.8 grms in 1996 but as I started taking medicines it came down to 1.58gms/24hours as checked on 16/08/2006.There after I didn’t get it done as my nephrologists did n’t ask me to do so . Creatinine level was 1.1 mg/dL and Blood Urea 37 mg/dL on 25/11/2005.But gradually it started increasing. Creatinine level was 1.6 mg/dL and Blood Urea 72mg/dL and Hb 10.80g/dL as checked on 27/10/2007 at Dr.Lal Path Labs delhi.Recently last week only on 21/03/2008 Creatinine was 1.9mg/dL , Blood Urea 60 mg /dL and Hb 11.2g/dL. Envas and Losar is not given to treat BP related any problem it ‘s been given to lower the level of proteins in urine and delay the progression of kidney disease.In allopathy there is no treatment for Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis. Medicines are given only to delay the progression .Im on low salt and low fat diet.Im strictly vegetarian.