What Can We Expect from Allopathic Treatment for IgA Nephropathy

IgA Nephropathy, an autoimmune kidney disease, occurs when IgA protein damages the kidney filtering units, glomeruli, so it is also the most common form of glomerulonephritis in many parts of the world. Some of IgA Nephropathy patients try to depend on allopathic treatment to control their disease. What can we expect from allopathic treatment for IgA Nephropathy? Is this treatment really effective?

An overview of allopathic treatment

Allopathic medicine is an expression commonly used by homeopaths and proponents. Allopathic treatment is based on the concept that disease can be treated with minute doses of drugs though t capable of producing the same symptoms in healthy people as the disease itself. The pioneer declares this treatment can help treat kidney disease effectively, but it is not accepted in many countries.

What can we expect from allopathic treatment work for IgA Nephropathy?

If the concept of allopathic treatment is right, it can be used to ease patients’ symptoms such as hematuria, proteinuria, high blood pressure, etc. However, even though these symptoms are controlled, they are more likely to relapse because of the damaged kidney function. If the loss of patients’ kidney function can’t be stopped, their condition will become worse and worse. At last, they may have to rely on dialysis or kidney transplant to live. Therefore, we can know the biggest expectation from allopathic treatment is to manage patients’ symptoms. This is why more and more IgA Nephropathy patients with allopathic treatment try to find other treatments.

What therapy is really effective for IgA Nephropathy?

Since IgA Nephropathy occurs as a consequence of IgA protein deposition in the kidney and damaged kidney function, the effective treatment for these patients should be the one that can not only remove these IgA complexes but also repair damaged kidney function. After many years’ research, some great breakthroughs have been made to help treat IgA Nephropathy and Immunotherapy is one of these breakthroughs. Hopefully these treatments can help more and more patients with IgA Nephropathy.