How Can Proteinuria In Patient With IgA Nephropathy Be Treated
For patients with IgA nephropathy, a common symptom in their body is proteinuria. Patient with IgA nephropathy can have very severe proteinuria, while that can also aggravate patient’s kidney damage obviously. So, how can proteinuria in IgA nephropathy be treated effectively?
Why proteinuria is terrible?
Proteinuria can be caused by many factors, but when it refers to kidney damage, it will be a terrible symptom. Because proteinuria is caused by the damage in patient’s glomerular filtration membrane, and if it can not be controlled, it will aggravate patient’s kidney damage obviously, so that the progression of IgA nephropathy will also be promoted.
How to treat proteinuria in IgA nephropathy?
In treating proteinuria, there are some aspects that can make important influence to patient’s condition.
Diet:
Diet plays an important role in treating proteinuria, and a necessary measure is patient will need to regulate his protein intake according to his own condition. Patient may need to have low protein intake, but he will need to increase his protein intake when he has massive proteinuria.
Medicines:
Some medicines are often used in treating proteinuria. For example, ACEI and ARB are medicines that are often used in treating high blood pressure, but they are also effective in treating proteinuria, because they can reduce the damage in blood vessel and reduce the permeability of filtration membrane. Besides, glucocorticoid is also a medicine that is effective in treating proteinuria. Glucocorticoid is a medicine that is often used in treating inflammation, and it can also reduce the permeability of filtration membrane.
Of course, the damage in glomerular filtration membrane is caused by the inflammation caused by the accumulated immune complexes. So treating the inflammatory reaction is important, and except for glucocorticoid, cytotoxic drugs and immunosuppressor may also be needed.
Chinese medicine:
The root cause is kidney damage, so to treat patient’s disease fundamentally, patient will need to repair his kidney damage, and improve his kidney function.
Chinese medicine is a good choice to reach this goal, because chinese medicine is famous for its function in improving patient’s body function by regulating patient’s body function systematically. And some therapies like Hot Compress Therapy, Acupuncture and Moxibustion, etc, have been proved effective in treating kidney disease.
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