How to Treat Edema in IgA Nephropathy Naturally

One of most common problems associated with IgA Nephropathy is edema also called swelling, which occurs as a consequence of water and sodium retention in the body. Edema can be an early symptom of renal failure. Therefore, to treat edema in IgA Nephropathy naturally is quite important to slow down the progression of patients’ condition.

What is the cause of edema in IgA Nephropathy?

IgA Nephropathy is an immune disorder that causes many IgA immune complexes depositing in the kidney. Over time, it can damage more and more glomeruli, cause kidney function loss and lead to a heavy loss of protein in the urine to form proteinuria. When the glomerular filtering function declines but the renal tubule still works very well, excessive water and sodium will build up in the body. There are mainly two causes for edema in IgA Nephropathy:

● Water and sodium retention due to impaired kidney function

● A heavy loss of protein in the urine

How to treat edema in IgA Nephropathy naturally?

From the above, we can know heavy proteinuria and the retention of water and sodium are direct causes of edema in IgA Nephropathy. Therefore, the effective and quick treatment is to solve these healthy problems. If the patient still has enough urine, the excessive water and sodium can be removed from the body through increasing urine volume. Diuretic indeed has such a function that increases patient’s urine. As we know, herbal medicines have much fewer side effects than western medicines, so we suggest patients with kidney disease to choose some herbal medications such as snokeweed and poria cocos. Of course, the herbal medicines that are prescribed for patients should depend on patients’ specific condition.

To ease patients’ proteinuria, steroid has a quick and obvious effect, but it may many side effects and can’t do anything to the damaged kidney function. Therefore, Immunotherapy is also needed to remove those IgA complexes from the body and repair the damaged kidney function as much as possible. Once the kidney function is improved, patients’ urine will becomes normal again.

Since we have known how to treat edema in IgA Nephropathy normally, remember that the earlier you take correct treatment to control your condition the better your overall health.