What Symptoms of IgA Nephropathy Are You Suffering

In the early stage, IgA Nephropathy has no obvious symptoms, so the disease is easy to be ignored by patients, and then the best time for treatment is delayed. Here the following are six common symptoms of IgA Nephropathy.

● High blood pressure
Some patients with IgA Nephropathy can also get high blood pressure which is not a good thing to patients. High blood pressure can speed up the deterioration of kidney function and push the condition to stage of Uremia. So blood pressure control is very important.

● Swelling
In clinical, some patients with IgA Nephropathy will get swelling. The decrease in volume of urine and frequent micturition may also appear. Swelling usually appears on hands, feet, ankles and eyes.

● Anemia
Because the kidney function has been damaged, the body can not produce enough erythropoietin, so anemia appears. Patients often feel cold and fatigue when they get anemia.

● Under the weather
Lots of toxins and metabolic wastes continuously deposit in body, because of the decrease in kidney function. A series of symptoms such as nausea, vomit, sleep problems, loss of appetite, titillation and fatigue will appear.

● Proteinuria
In general, the Urine Protein Quantitation(UPQ) is less than 1g/24h, however, the minority of patients will get a great quantity of proteinuria and even Nephrotic Syndrome.

● Onset gross hematuria
Gross hematuria is more common in children and usually appears after the upper respiratory tract is infected, and at times, after the acute gastroenteritis or urinary tract infection. The spacing interval is 24 to 72 hours.

What is The Safe Treatment for IgA Nephropathy Patients? The symptoms of IgA Nephropathy are usually treated by the western medicines. If IgA Nephropathy patients want to avoid dialysis and kidney transplant efficiently, a real treatment which can treat the disease from the root seems to be very important.