Right Treatment for Lupus Nephritis

Lupus Nephritis treatment must be tailored to the individual and should not only depend on the symptoms. Lupus Nephritis symptoms just are the clinical manifestations of kidney damage and not the real causes of kidney problem. Therefore, if treatment only focuses on remitting Lupus Nephritis, treatment effects will be not so satisfied in the long run.

As the complication of SLE, Lupus Nephritis has close relationship with abnormal immune system which is the root cause of SLE. Our innate immune system protect us from various bacterium and viruses, but once it is weak or damaged, it fails to against antigens. Under such a condition, antigens invade our body and form immune complexes with antibodies produced by our body. These immune complexes circulate will blood and cause inflammation directly. When our organs like skin and bone are damaged by inflammation, SLE is diagnosed.

Lupus Nephritis occurs when immune complexes lodge in kidneys and cause inflammation. Therefore, Lupus Nephritis treatment should have functions to stop inflammation, remove immune complexes, normalize immune complexes and strengthen immunity.

Some oral medicines like immunosuppressive agents show quick effects in stopping inflammation in Lupus Nephritis, Chinese Herbal Treatment is proved to be effective in adjusting immune system as well as increasing immunity and advanced blood purification technologies like plasma exchange and immune adsorption help to clear harmful substances away from blood quickly and effectively. But unfortunately, there is no such a treatment that can do all the works. Even though, there is hope for Lupus Nephritis, as Immunotherapy has successfully combined oral medicines, Chinese medicines and blood purification technologies.

In Immunotherapy, immunosuppressive agents, Chinese medicines and blood purification play different role in the whole treatment course and they are irreplaceable. According to the illness condition of Lupus Nephritis, immunosuppressive agents, Chinese medicines and blood purification technologies are applied in different stage. Through the combined effects of these medicines, further kidney damages are avoided, immune complexes are cleared away and also immunity is increased greatly at the same time to avoid reoccurrence of Lupus Nephritis.

Right Lupus Nephritis treatment allows patients to live as long as they should and what is more, they can live a high quality life without dialysis and kidney transplant.