Does the patient with lupus nephritis have proteinuria

Proteinuria, also called as protein urine, is the most common symptom of kidney disease and patients can feel them when they see there are foams or bubbles in their urine. But not all kinds of kidney disease can lead to the proteinuria. Lupus nephritis is a kind of immune system disease and knowing its symptoms is good for patients to prevent the further kidney damage. Then dose the patients with lupus nephritis have proteinuria?

In the urine tests, it is usually found that there is protein in the urine but lots of patients know nothing about it. The protein presenting in the urine shows there is something wrong with the kidneys. So we should pay more attention to the symptom. Which type of renal disease can lead to proteinuria? Does the patient with lupus nephritis experience the protein in the urine?

The experts from Shijiazhaung Kidney Disease Hospital suggest that the lupus nephritis patients may have symptom of proteinuria. The simple blood or protein in the urine, or proteinuria with edema, sour on the back or high blood pressure show that the kidney tissues have been inflamed. Large quantity of protein in the urine,hypoproteinemia or edema are the symptoms of nephrotic syndrome. The proteinurmia and occult blood together with sharply decrease of the renal function prove that the disease may develop into rapidly progressive nephritis or chronic renal failure.

If you are not sure whether you have lupus nephritis only in light of the protein in your urine, you are recommended by the experts of our hospital to do tests in the hospital, for accurate diagnosis improves the great chance of successful treatment. The tests for lupus nephritis include blood routine examination and renal biopsy. And the renal biopsy not only help to confirm whether you develop lupus nephritis, but also accurately to detect how far the renal damage has progresses, which greatly improves the chance of right treatment.


Lupus nephritis patients may suffer proteinuria. And if you want to know more information about lupus nephritis symptoms, diet, lifestyle, treatment or others, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyfight@hotmail.com, we will reply you as soon as possible.