Why Depression Appears In Patients With IgA Nephropathy
IgA Nephropathy is the most common Glomerulonephritis, which can cause the accumulation of IgA immune globulin in glomeruli, and sometimes there may be other immune globulins accumulating in glomeruli.
IgA nephropathy is a disease which can cause severe damage in patient’s kidney, and kidney is an important organ for our body, so IgA Nephropathy can cause many obvious symptoms in patient’s body, and many patients may find they have depression all the time.
Why patients with IgA Nephropathy have depression?
In fact, patient’s emotion can be affected by many factors, so patient’s depression can be caused by many reasons.
1. Nerve problem:
Depression is a nervous problem, so the most likely reason is the damage caused by IgA nephropathy in patient’s nerve system. Patient’s kidney function will be damaged gradually, which can cause the accumulation of metabolic wastes and toxins in patient’s body, and that can damage patient’s nerve system, which will cause nerve problems like depression, dizziness, headache, etc.
2. Health problems:
IgA Nephropathy can cause lots of health problems in patient’s body, like edema, nausea and vomiting, tiredness, itching, muscle cramp, bone pain, etc. These health problems in patient’s body can damage patient’s life quality obviously, and they can make patient feel bad all day long. So, it is normal for patients to have depression if they have severe health problems.
How can depression in IgA Nephropathy be relieved?
To relieve patient’s depression, many effective measures can be taken, and that is very helpful for patients to improve their life quality.
If patient’s depression is caused by too much accumulation of metabolic wastes, patients can choose blood purification, which is very effective for making the internal circumstance clean. On the other hand, the root solution is to improve patient’s kidney function, and that can be achieved by Chinese medicine.
If patient’s depression is caused by the trouble of health problem, except for controlling the complications, patient can choose some simple exercise to improve his mental condition, or communicating with the people around him is also very helpful.
Kidney disease is life-threating, so patients should do what they can to improve their condition. If you have any trouble in dealing with your disease, you can email us your detailed condition and problem. Our email is kidneyservice@hotmail.com, and we will do what we can to help you.
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