Sunday, July 7, 2013

How to Treat Lupus Nephritis under Dialysis twice a Week?

How to treat Lupus Nephritis under dialysis twice a week? Lupus Nephritis is a secondary disease which is caused by lupus. It is also an autoimmune disease. The virus or bacteria invades the human body, the cells of immune system fight, which forms immune complex, which is the combination of antigen and antibody. In normal condition, immune complex can be discharged out of the body. However, when the immune is low, it can not get out and it accumulates onto the kidney glomerulus, thus causing inflammation and immune reaction, which leads to symptoms such as hematuria, proteinuria, etc.
Most immunesupressive agents can effectively control the immune reaction for the time being. However, the medicine always has many side effects and the symptom is easy to relapse. While restraining the abnormal immune reaction, the medicine will also restrain the normal immune reaction thus lowering the immunity and making the patient easy to fall ill. Besides, the medicine cannot remove the immune complex deposited in the kidneys, so when the medicine is stopped, the immune reaction will start again. Every relapse of the disease will further damage the kidneys. Such conditions will lead to chronic kidney disease and even kidney failure.
On one hand, we have to control the lupus by immunosuppressant and at the same time, use Chinese medicine to remove the immune complex on the kidneys. Immunoadsorption will be used together. Immunoadsorption with PHE (phenylalanine) as adsorbing column is especially effective for lupus. Hemoperfusion is also needed to remove the toxins of large size. HA 280 can be used. Dialysis can only remove the toxins of small molecules. It is not enough.
Chinese medicine can reactivate the self renewal of the damaged cells and repair the damaged basement membrane. It can also activate immune system of the human body, promote the metabolism and repairing and improve internal environment of the body. Therefore, the disease is not easy to recur after being cured.
In our Hospital, we would do special tests for you first and make clear diagnosis of your antibodies in blood so as to give you targeted treatment. Immunotherapy is needed to regulate the whole immune system, stop the abnormal immune reaction. Then we use Chinese medicine and cell therapy to repair the kidney damage and recover the kidney function.
In the above mentioned therapy, patients with lupus nephritis even under dialysis twice a week can get treated.

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