Many patients with Chronic Nephritis lose their patience for
treatment. However, experts alert that patients should pay extra care for it
otherwise it may gradually develop into renal failure which can shorten people’s
life span.
Why do patients ignore chronic nephritis treatment?
In clinic, the common symptoms of chronic nephritis are protein in urine,
blood in urine, swelling, high blood pressure and very slow loss of kidney
function. For all of these symptoms are slight, most people cannot find it in
the early stage. Even if they fortunately find it timely, they have no idea
about how serious their disease is. Because all the symptoms above do not bring
pain, itching or other discomfort to patients and their normal work and life are
not affected by the disease.
What is more, patients are always told that chronic nephritis is not severe
and just need monitor. And their doctors have no patience to explain their exact
illness condition and the process or course of chronic nephritis. “It does not
matter.” “All is well.” and other comfortable sayings may be the “information”
patients get.
How is chronic nephritis threatening patients' lives?
The development of chronic disease is indeed so long and patients may suffer
from renal failure in 10 years or 20 years, but this disease can be fatal to
their lives. In china, it is the first cause of renal failure or ESRD. In
another words, people with chronic nephritis have a biggest chance to get renal
failure. So you can see the danger concealed in the slight symptoms in the early
stage. If you do not attach importance on the treatment, you may fall down the
terrible abyss of ESRD.
In most cases, chronic nephritis is caused by the disorder of immune system
in patients. So a great number of immune complexes are formed and deposit in
kidney tissues. They are not recognized by kidney tissues and arouse a immune
reaction, resulting in renal inflammation. During this inflammation, kidney
cells are dead, which arouse more and more ECM secretion. So the healthy tissues
have been replaced by the excessive ECM which has no use to improve kidney
function.
Along with the loss of kidney function, patients will be pushed slowly to the
end stage of kidney disease from chronic nephritis. So experts alert patients
had better persist treatment in order to avoid the deterioration.
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