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Typical symptoms of IgA nephropathy include recurrent blood in urine or microscopic hematuria with mild to severe proteinuria. Some IgA nephropathy patients can also develop severe hypertension or even renal dysfunction with the continuous deterioration of illness conditions.
For IgA nephropathy patients, poorly controlled high blood pressure can make the prognosis worse than those that have no or well controlled blood pressure problems. Early and effective treatment for high blood pressure can help greatly slow down illness progression and preserve residual kidney functions for IgA nephropathy patients.
The ideal blood pressure for IgA nephropathy patients should be controlled below 125/75 and the traditionally used medicines include ACEI, ARB, diuretics, etc. For those that have 24-h urine protein more than 1.5g, tripterygium glycosides can be used to help control high blood pressure and reduce proteinuria.
Though they are quite effective at lowering high blood pressure for IgA nephropathy patients, side effects have been reported after long term use and some of them have potential renal damages, therefore more natural remedies are needed.
The following are some natural herbal medicines that can help treat high blood pressure for IgA nephropathy patients.
1. Hawthorn. Hawthorn can increase the stroke volume so that the blood volume of each heart beat can be improved. It can also expand peripheral blood vessels so that blood circulation can be improved and high blood pressure can be relieved.
2. Olive oil. Olive is thought to be the healthiest food and the oil made from olive has been found to help reduce high blood pressure. Taking olive oil with daily dosage of 40g can help patients reduce the dosage of traditional blood pressure medications.
3. Gingko biloba. Gingko biloba helps dilate arteries, improve blood circulation and increase blood flow to the kidneys so as to help reduce high blood pressure.
4. Fish oil. Fish oil is an important supplement for IgA nephropathy patients. It has been found that fish oil has mild effect on lowering high blood pressure.
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