Repeated Hematuria in IgA Nephropathy

Repeated hematuria is the dominant clinical manifestation of IgA Nephropathy and also one of the major risk factors that can cause acceleration of illness condition. For this reason, tight control of hematuria is imperative.

What causes hematuria in IgA Nephropathy?

1.What is hematuria?

Hematuria is refers to urine with excessive red blood cells. It is divided into two types according to its severity: microscopic hematuria and gross hematuria.

2.How IgA Nephropathy causes hematuria?

IgA Nephropathy is a kidney disease in which kidney damages occur due to IgA deposition in mesangial area. IgA deposition settle in kidney, causing inflammation which can cause damages on surrounding kidney tissues.

Glomerulus has function to filter blood and during this process, red blood cells can not be stopped from being leaked and toxins like creatinine can be discharged out effectively. However, when large amounts of glomeruli are affected due to severe inflammation, excess red blood cells will leak into urine, leading to hematuria.

How to deal with repeated hematuria in IgA Nephropathy?

In IgA Nephropathy, occurrence of hematuria results from damage of glomeruli, so as long as injured glomeruli are repaired, repeated hematuria problem is solved.

In many cases, hematuria is brought under control with some oral medicines. However, it relapses easily when patients stop taking medicines or reduce medicine dose. Why is this? This is the because medicines used by IgA Nephropathy patients only help them control symptoms, but fail to repair injured glomeruli.

When it comes to the treatment for repeated hematuria in IgA Nephropathy, Micro-Chinese Medicine is the one we should mention. Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is a herbal treatment and has been used by kidney disease patients from more than 60 countries. It shows obvious treatment effects in treating repeated hematuria in IgA Nephropathy, as effective ingredients in micro-Chinese medicines can repair injured kidney intrinsic cells. In this way, not only hematuria problem can be solved fundamentally, kidney function also can be improved greatly.