Chronic Granulomatous Disease Questions

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I have evaluated your query thoroughly. As per your condition, you requires immuno suppressent medication which is best in form of azoran.* there are certain side effects which can be vary from person to person as
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Once a child is diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome the first line of medicines to be started for the child is omnacortil that is a steroid.
Nephrotic syndrome may relapse till 15 years of age and sometimes about that. It is very important for the parents to support the child during this phase. As the medicine omnacortil that is going on has got advantages for nephrotic syndrome and disadvantages as side effects.
If nephrotic syndrome is not controlled with the help of omnacortil then we h...more

It depends on what your complaints are. The basic investigation for the peripheral arterial disease is "Arterial Duplex scan of the affected lower limb" Depending on the doppler scan report, the vascular surgeon will assess and advise regarding the further management.

There is a risk of hereditary transmission for future generation, but it is not a must. You can go for genetic counseling.

, With steroid treatment blood glucose does increase, because corticosteroids are diabetogenic. One of the possible ways is to reduce the dose of steroid to minimum possible, plus use a long acting Insulin like Basalog (Glargine) plus a short acting insulin to control post breakfast & post lunch surges of glucose Thanks.