How To Reduce Proteinuria In IgA Nephropathy

Proteinuria is one of the clinical manifestations of IgA Nephropathy patients and medical reports show that the management of protein in urine is helpful to slow down the progression of IgA Nephropathy as well as prevent IgA Nephropathy advancing into kidney failure. Thereby, knowing how to reduce protein in urine becomes very important for IgA Nephropathy patients.

IgA Nephropathy is an autoimmune disease which refers to large amounts of IgA antibodies or IgA immune complexes in mesangial area. IgA antibodies or IgA immune complexes deposit in mesangial area, causing inflammatory response which damages glomerular filtration membrane directly. Damaged filtration membrane allows large protein leak out. As a result, protein in urine is often seen in IgA Nephropathy patients.

If we want to cure a disease, we must know the root of this disease so as to make us treat the primary and secondary aspects of the disease at the same time. From the above, we know protein in urine is due to the damaged filtration membrane. Therefore, the best method to control protein caused by IgA Nephropathy in urine is to repair damaged filtration membrane.

In addition, in our daily life, we need pay attention to our diet, including:

Limit protein intake

IgA Nephropathy can not be cured radically, however, we can limit our protein intake to reduce its progression. For the reason, IgA Nephropathy patients should limit protein intake and choose some high quality protein foods like fish, egg white and dairy and so on. If they still ingest much protein, kidney burden will increase, which can lead to further damage on kidneys and aggravate proteinuria.

Control blood pressure and blood sugar into normal range

We know high blood pressure and high blood sugar are two leading factors which cause kidney diseases. For IgA Nephropathy patients, they should control blood pressure and blood sugar strictly, which helps slow down illness conditions effectively. Besides, they can also take some blood pressure medications like angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) which can lower blood pressure and also reduce proteinuria in IgA Nephropathy.

Protect residual kidney function

IgA Nephropathy is a progressive disease with the increase of damaged kidney tissues, so protecting residual kidney tissues is one of important parts of IgA Nephropathy patients to reduce proteinuria.

All the above methods do not suit for every IgA Nephropathy patient and patients with IgA Nephropathy must depend on their own illness conditions to choose the most proper method. Besides, they can consult their doctors who may give them the best method. Any unclear about the methods of reducing protein in urine, you can leave us a message to kidneycares@hotmail.com or just consult our on-line doctors directly.