2015年2月2日星期一

The Causes and Management of Secondary IgA Nephropathy

IgA Nephropathy is caused by the deposition of IgA, and the disease can be divided into primary and secondary according to the different causes. Knowing the specific cause can benefit to our treatment. This article will introduce you the causes secondary IgA nephropathy.

First, anaphylactoid purpura; it is usually induced or made worse after infection. And the obvious symptom in patients is the rash in patient’s lower limbs.

Second, digestive system disease: liver cirrhosis, hepatitis, ulcerative colitis, crohn disease, chronic schistosomiasis, etc.

Third, immune rheumatic disease: SLE, ankylosing spondylitis, rheumatoid arthritis, mixed connective tissue disease, erythema nodosum, etc.

Fourth, skin disease: psoriasis, herpes dermatitis, etc.

Fifth, chronic infection: chronic osteomyelitis, viral hepatitis, E-B virus infection, lepriasis, tuberculosis, etc.

Sixth, respiratory disease: sarcoidosis, obstructie bronchitis, etc. Seventh, tumor; Eighth, others like polycythemia, retroperitoneal fibrosis, etc.

Actually, secondary IgA nephropathy is clinically very common, however, many doctors did not pay enough attention to it and did not think about the secondary factors, besides, the primary disease is latent in some cases, so patients are wrongly diagnosed, especially those who ever have systematic disease before and did not pay special attention to it. Then years after that, they have clinical and pathological symptoms again, so they are misdiagnosed. From this point, it is very necessary for doctors to ask patients about their medical history to exclude those systematic disease. At the same time, patients also should be alert if they have any of those disease and check regularly.


Now, if you want to know more information about the causes and management for secondary IgA nephropathy, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyfight@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.

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