Acute Interstitial Nephritis Treatment
Can this condition be treated? What Acute Interstitial Nephritis treatment options are available? Learn more below about the current treatments available to patients.
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How to Treat Acute Interstitial Nephritis
Talk with your doctor about the best treatment plan for you, which will depend on the cause of your acute interstitial nephritis. Treatment options include the following:
Medications
If medications are the cause of your interstitial nephritis, your doctor may have you stop taking medications or prescribe a different one.
Antibiotics are used to treat an infections and drugs such as corticosteroid or cyclophosphamide medications may also be used to help treat interstitial nephritis. Usually a kidney biopsy is done to confirm the diagnosis prior to starting corticosteroid or cyclophosphamide.
Dialysis
Some people with interstitial nephritis need dialysis , in which a machine does the work of your kidneys to purge waste.
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