Affects of Yoga for IgA Nephropathy Kidney Disease

Once a patient consulted us about the affects of yoga for a kidney disease called IgA nephropathy. Whether IgA nephropathy and other kidney disease patients can do exercises or not and what are the health benefits of yoga for their illness conditions? This article will give you a clear explanation.

Strenuous and improper exercises can cause blood in urine or even worsen the illness conditions of IgA nephropathy. While on the other hand, proper exercises such as yoga, walking, cycling can help improve the patient’s overall health conditions.

Here are some tips on the exercises for IgA nephropathy kidney disease patients. Exercises even mild activities should be avoided by the patients when they are in the episodes period of the disease for example if the patients are now experiencing blood in urine, back pain, infections or fever, etc. When symptoms are controlled and when illness conditions are stabilized, patients can have some exercises such as morning walk, yoga, tai chi, qi gong which can help control their high blood pressure, strengthen physical fitness and enhance their immune system conditions.

Controlling high blood pressure is very important for IgA nephropathy patients and practicing yoga is a natural home remedy for hypertension. Regular yoga, along with proper diets and medications can help control the blood pressure within safe range and this can help ease symptoms, slow down illness progression and protect residual kidney functions.

IgA nephropathy is an auto-immune kidney disease and the very root problem is immune disorder and immune dysfunction. Practicing yoga can help patients regulate their immune disorders, enhance immunity and improve their disease-resistance ability, so that patients can become stronger to fight against various infections and viruses. They will be less susceptible to various infections and inflammations which are common inducement of relapses and deterioration of IgA nephropathy.

Different from other exercises, there are many poses in yoga and most poses are gentle and mild, therefore it is a good exercise choice for IgA nephropathy and other kidney disease patients.