The Best Treatment for IgA Nephropathy

IgA Nephropathy, a kind of primary glomerulopathy, is characterized by deposition of IgA in mesangial area and accounts for 20%~40% of primary glomerulopathy. Hematuria is the most typical symptom of IgA Nephropathy and there can also be other symptoms such as proteinuria and high blood pressure. Although IgA Nephropathy is not so well-known as Nephritis or Uremia, it is a rather common kidney disease and is one of the main causes of Renal Failure. Therefore, patients with IgA Nephropathy should take measures earlier to prevent their disease from deteriorating.
Clinically, there are various pathological types of IgA Nephropathy such as mesangial proliferative IgA Nephropathy, focal proliferative IgA Nephropathy and proliferative sclerosing IgA Nephropathy. No matter what kind of IgA Nephropathy, the prognosis will be influenced by three aspects: serum creatinine, blood pressure and 24h urine protein quantitation.
Generally, when one is diagnosed IgA Nephrpathy, the doctor will use hormone, cytotoxic drugs or immunosuppressant, but the effects are not so satisfactory and the disease may relapse again and again. Then the patients may wonder: is IgA Nephropathy curable? From the above mentioned aspects, we can see that only when the root cause, that is the damaged renal cells are well-treated can IgA Nephropathy be cured. To control the disease and stop it from deteriorating, we should focus on repairing of the impaired renal functions.
It has been proved that western medicines cannot radically solve the problem of preventing IgA Nephropathy from developing into Renal Failure. But you should not give up treating the disease just because of this. When you have adopted the right method, you can have a satisfactory curative effect. Let’s change our way of thinking: if western medicines can’t solve the problem, what about Chinese medicine?
Traditional Chinese medicine has a long developing history and it is the essence of thousands of years’ treating practice. In most people’s eyes, traditional Chinese medicine is just herbs which are to be decocted into herbal fluid and has a bitter taste. This makes may people unwilling to take Chinese medicine. In fact, there are many other treating methods by Chinese medicine such as external application, Chinese herb bath, acupuncture, etc. these can also be used in treatig kidney diseases.