my son 2 yrs old, nephrotic syndrome , on medication for 3 months, urine clear. stop medication about 2 months, but found the urine have protein this few days, the result show 2+ for 2 days, after that go down to 1+ yesterday but today reading is 3+... can it consider relapse??? how to prevent relapse?? we control on his diet like salt free, oil free, what else i can do to make sure the disease can be heal or not relapse??? is that gluten & diary free diet work to control the disease??
Hi. From the description of the symptoms it looks like your child has most likely had a relapse. This will be confirmed if the urine protein is 3+ on 3 days. Childhood nephrotic syn Chat Doctor.  Dietary modifications usually do not work and in fact as the child is growing he needs a nutritious diet. The appropriate thing at this stage would be to consult your pediatric nephrologist who will most likely restart the medications. The good news is that this disease often quietens down as the child grows older. I wish your son good luck.