Vitamin D may have a beneficial effect on the kidney tissue and in children with nephrotic syndrome.
The aim of this study was evaluation the efficacy of vitamin D consumption on nephrotic syndrome condition.
This assessment is a clinical trial study in which 30 patients with nephrotic syndrome were included in the study. In addition to the usual treatment of nephrotic syndrome, vitamin D injections were also used, in which vitamin D was administered as a 300,000 unit ampule, with a volume of one cc, dissolved in 5 cc of olive oil and injected. Two months later, the level of vitamin D and the nephrotic syndrome status was evaluated and the two indicators were compared.
Mean and standard deviation of the age was 3.05 ± 9.37 years, 16 patients (53.3%) were male and 14 cases (46.7%) were female. Regarding the response to treatment, 3 patients (20%) had mild, 10 patients (66.6%) had moderate and 2 patients (14%) had severe nephrotic syndrome. In the group with normal levels of vitamin D, 3 patients (20%) had mild, 11 (73.3%) patients moderate and 1 patient (6%) had severe nephrotic syndrome.
Based on our results, vitamin D consumption did not have a considerable effect on improving the clinical status of patients with nephrotic syndrome.
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