Lupoid nephrite

Description:

Lupoid nephrite - the inflammatory process in kidneys caused by the system lupus erythematosus (SLE), a disease of immune system of an organism. The hard currency usually damages an integument, joints, kidneys and a brain.

Symptoms of Lupoid nephrite:

Lupoid nephrite can cause:

    * set of weight,
    * increase in arterial pressure,
    * darkening of urine or emergence of hypostases in the field of a century, shins, anklebones or fingers.

However some patients with hard currency have no external displays of a renal disease which in such cases has to be diagnosed on the basis of results of blood tests and urine.

Diagnosis demands carrying out analyses of urine, blood, and also a kidney tissue biopsy.

    * Analysis of urine: A sign of damage of kidneys is existence in urine of blood or protein.
    * Blood test: Kidneys bring exchange products out of an organism, such as creatinine and urea. If in blood the content of these substances is increased, function of kidneys is reduced. On the basis of the level of creatinine of blood glomerular filtering is estimated.
    * Biopsy of tissue of kidneys: The biopsy is the procedure of receiving several pieces of fabric for their research under a microscope. When carrying out this manipulation the doctor enters a long needle through skin in kidneys. The fabric research by means of a microscope is confirmation of the diagnosis of lupoid nephrite and helps to define as far as the disease progressed.

Reasons of Lupoid nephrite:

Origins of hard currency are still unknown. Many factors can play a role, for example:

    * a floor - hard currency strikes women more often;
    * heredity - the genes received from parents;
    * infections;
    * viruses;
    * environment factors.

Treatment of Lupoid nephrite:

Appointments depend on degree of manifestation of symptoms and results of analyses. Medicines – corticosteroids - reduce hypostasis and an inflammation, suppressing immune system of an organism. The immunosuppressive drugs used in oncology and the medicines applied in transplantology to prevention of rejection of body or fabric can be in addition connected. In hard cases the doctor can appoint Cyclophosphamide (Cytoxanum, Neosar) or Mikofenolyat (Селлсепт). The newest experimental schemes of treatment include medicine Rituksimab (Rituksan).

Possibly, there will be a need for purpose of one or several drugs for control of arterial pressure.

Dietary recommendations at nephrite include restriction of amount of the consumed proteins, potassium and sodium.