Urine Change in IgA Nephropathy: Cause and Management

Urine change is the common sign of kidney function disorder. So when people are attacked by IgA Nephropathy, patients may find disorder in their urine. How the proper symptoms in urine may occur, patients can have a timely prevention and treatment. This article would have a analysis.

Hematuria can be found by observing urine. Hematuria can be divided into gross hematuria and microscopic hematuria. Simply speaking, gross hematuria or macroscopic hematuria refers to that the urine is bloody, which is visible to the naked eye. So if you find you have blood urine for 3 to 7 days and you have no history of hurting urinary tract, you had better to see a doctor and take a urine test.

To patients with IgA Nephropathy, their urine will be dark in 3 days after some infections, such as cold. The dark red urine can last for several days to even several weeks, then the color of urine turn to light. It is necessary for people to take a urine test after one week dark urine. Usually, gross hematuria means that their kidneys are under the situation of acute glomerulonephritis, and microscopic hematuria means that their kidneys are under microinflammation state. Due to inflammation, calculus, tumor, injury, congenital malformation are the common causes for hematuria, if you want to make sure the real reason, you can take blood test or test for kidneys.

Bubbles in urine is another signal for IgA Nephropathy. If you have bubbles for more than one month and you have no Diabetes, the bubbles in urine maybe leaked protein. You should pay attention first to make sure you don′t have too much protein, then observe the urine again. If the bubbles still in urine, it maybe proteinurine.

we know, glomerulus blood capillary has good permeability on water and electrolyte, but big molecular protein can not be eliminated from the glomerulus blood capillary. So, protein urine can indicate the damage on glomerulus blood capillary. Most patients with IgA Nephropathy has proteinurine and over 60% of them go to see a doctor for bubbles in urine.


IgA Nephropathy patients should have a timely and effective treatment when there are some disorder in their urine, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com for more questions or ask for treatment suggestions, we will reply you within 24 hours.