Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 1999 Mar; 19(3): 141-3.

[Clinical study of treating infantile acute nephritis with antipyretic and detoxication, cooling blood and diuretic principle]

Zhang W, Li J.

Nanjing Municipal Hospital of Children, Nanjing (210008).

OBJECTIVE: To find out the relationship between nitric oxide and onset of infantile acute nephritis, and the effect of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Western medicine (WM) combination therapy. METHODS: Dividing 44 infantile acute nephritis patients into two groups. Group 1 was treated with cooling blood and diuretic principle, together with WM, Group 2 was treated with antipyretic and detoxication, cooling blood and diuretic principle, together with WM. The content of nitrite/nitrate iron (Fe NO2/NO3) in blood before and after treatment were determined through Griess nitrate reduction method, then compared with that of 28 healthy children. RESULTS: The content of Fe NO2/NO3 being in acute nephritis period was obvious higher than that of control group and reconvalecent period, P < 0.01. The macroscopic hematuria was higher than that of microscopic hematuria, P < 0.01. Urinary alexin third element (C3) and alpha 2-macroglobulin (alpha 2-M) positive patients Fe NO2/NO3 was higher than that of negative ones, P < 0.01. Those complicated with infection Fe NO2/NO3 was higher than that without infection P < 0.01. Short term cure rate of group 2 was higher than that of group 1, P < 0.05. Nitric oxide may participate the onset and pathogenesis of infantile acute nephritis. CONCLUSION: TCM-WM combination therapy, especially antipyretic and detoxication, cooling blood and diuretic principle, could restrain nitric oxide from damaging tissue and remitting disease.