Tonsillectomy for IgA Nephropathy Treatment: Is It a Must

Just like many other IgA Nephropathy patients, you must have heard tonsillectomy is good for IgA Nephropathy treatment. IgA Nephropathy is the most common glomerulonephritis throughout the world. Communicating with these sufferers, we can find some of them are preparing to do or have done a tonsillectomy in order to remit their condition. However, is it effective or necessary?

According to the clinical experiences, not all patients with IgA Nephropathy can get remission after the tonsillectomy, that is to say, this surgery isn’t a must for patients with IgA Nephropathy. It is your own condition that decide whether you need do it.

If you are just diagnosed with IgA Nephropathy which is mild, you can get some benefits from tonsillectomy.

It has been proposed that the tonsils are a source of abnormal IgA that forms immune complexes. As more and more immune complexes deposit in the kidneys, they will attack kidney normal tissues and cause kidney damage. In early-stage IgA Nephropathy, tonsillectomy, combining with immunosuppressive agents, can improve patients’ renal outcomes as well as ease their hematuria and proteinuria. According to research, 77% of patients can get improvement of urine and creatinine level after tonsillectomy. Therefore, you may be recommended to do this surgery, if you have chronic tonsillitis and repeated IgA Nephropathy.

However, if your condition has developed moderate or end stage, this surgery can do little to reverse your medical disease.

The reason is that the inflammatory reactions of kidney tissues, in this stage, continue to aggravate in which kidneys can release a lot of inflammatory factors and other renal toxic substances. This forms a vicious circle and worsens patients’ condition. Here, you need to seek another treatment that can not only remove these harmful substances from the body but also can repair your damaged kidney tissues. If you are looking for such a treatment, Immunotherapy must be your case. More information about this treatment can be found in the link "Immunotherapy Treatment for IgA Nephropathy".

In conclusion, tonsillectomy for IgA Nephropathy treatment is not suitable for every patient. Using it correctly can improve your condition, otherwise it may bring some side effects for you. If you are considering do it, you can tell tell the online kidney experts so that they can give you some suggestions.