IgA nephropathy six common clinical manifestations

IgA nephropathy is a chronic, immune-mediated primary glomerular disease. IgA nephropathy in kidney disease early symptoms often not obvious, easily overlooked in patients with kidney disease and thus delayed the best time of treatment. When there IgA nephropathy patients with significant symptoms of kidney disease, kidney disease will go to the hospital, after checking the associated nephropathy did not know he was IgA nephropathy. Common clinical manifestations of IgA nephropathy following six kinds:
First, edema

Clinically, some patients with IgA nephropathy occurs body puffiness. In addition, the occurrence of edema associated with the body, but also may be associated with decreased urine output, frequent urination (especially at night), and other symptoms. IgA nephropathy showed more swollen ankle swollen hands, swelling around the eyes. When IgA nephropathy patients had renal failure may also occur, such as shortness of breath phenomenon.
Second, high blood pressure

Part of renal function in patients with IgA nephropathy, while declining, the clinical symptoms of kidney disease IgA nephropathy what, when IgA nephropathy patients with high blood pressure situation. Hypertension symptoms for IgA nephropathy patients, is not a good thing. Due to hypertension may accelerate the deterioration rate of progression of renal function in patients with IgA nephropathy, quickly push uremic stage of their disease. Therefore, patients with IgA nephropathy in kidney disease control at the same time, the need for good control of blood pressure, kidney guarantee in a relatively stable environment.

Third, proteinuria
The most common manifestations of IgA nephropathy symptoms of mild proteinuria, urinary protein generally <1g / 24h, a small number of patients, there may even proteinuria nephrotic syndrome.
Fourth, anemia
IgA nephropathy patients have suffered damage as a result of kidney function, in which the body does not produce enough hormones needed for the manufacture of red blood cells, resulting in anemia. The occurrence of anemia in patients with IgA nephropathy often feel cold and tired.

Fifth, physical discomfort
Because IgA nephropathy patients whose kidney function decline in nature, resulting in a large number of toxins and metabolic waste which the body produces constantly accumulate in the body, the patient may feel at first whole body discomfort, such as nausea, vomiting, sleep well at night, loss of appetite, itching and a series of symptoms such as fatigue.

Six episodes of gross hematuria
Common in children. Its gross hematuria occurred mostly in the upper respiratory tract infections (tonsillitis) after acute gastroenteritis are also part of the attack or urinary tract infection in the interval 24 to 72 hours more. Hematuria sustainable for several hours to several days, and then to persistent microscopic hematuria, some patients hematuria may disappear, but often attack, reproduce gross hematuria attack, may be associated with mild systemic symptoms, such as muscle pain, dysuria, pain in the back, or a transient increase in blood pressure and blood urea nitrogen.