How Does IgA Nephropathy Progress

IgA Nephropathy is not deadly if we can stop its progression in early stage. However, in clinical, many patients only take some medicines to deal with their symptoms, which is helpful but far from enough for us to stop progression of IgA Nephropathy. To know the right treatment method for stopping IgA Nephropathy, let’s learn how IgA Nephropathy progress firstly.

How does IgA Nephropathy progress?

Fist of all, IgA Nephropathy is an autoimmune disease and is closely related with our immune system. It is a kidney disorder marked by lots of depostion (mainly IgA immune complexes) in mesangial area. IgA or Immunoglobin A is one of the major antibody which is produced by our body to help us fight against the invasion of antigen. For people with IgA Nephropathy, there are lots of IgA immune complexes in mesangial area, which means antigen ever invaded their body and their body fail to fight against them. IgA immune complex is the combination of antigen and IgA antibody. When they deposit in kidney, inflammation occurs. Inflammation is helpful for removing IgA immune complexes in mesangial area, but it can damage surrounding kidney tissues directly. Immunosuppressive agents are always used to block inflammation which can help to prevent further kidney damages. This is the most commonly used medical treatment method for IgA Nephropathy. However, as IgA immune complexes are not removed effectively, inflammation occurs again when patients stop taking medicines or reduce the medicine dose.

How to stop progression of IgA Nephropathy fundamentally?

Controlling symptoms is essential, but it is not all that we should do. To stop IgA Nephropathy progression radically, we need to remove IgA immune complexes in mesangial area and meanwhile prevent the formation of new immune complexes. This medical purpose can be achieved through Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy.

Micro-Chinese Medicine Osmotherapy is based on Chinese herbs which are used externally in this therapy. Slected Chinese herbs in micro-Chinese medicines have function to extend blood vessels, block inflammation, fight against coagulation and degrade extracellular matrix. With the coaction of these functions, IgA immune complexes in mesangial area can be removed little by little. What’s more, Chinese medicines can improve blood circulation increase immunity, which helps to fight against antigen effectively and thus prevent the formation of immune complexes.