The treatment of lupus nephritis is a complicated clinical issue. If you are
a patient of lupus nephritis, you should pay heed to the following points.
1.Long-term even life-long treatment
This disease has strong genetic back ground, and so far medications can remit
the symptoms effectively, but no cure exists so far. So, patients should take
medications in a long term. Some patients stop their medications
Voluntarily, causing relapse, which is totally wrong.
2. use medications according to the conditions of the patients
When the SLE is active and the inflammatory reaction is serious, a
combination of large-dose medications such as steroids, CellCept, so the
inflammatory reaction can be controlled.
Once the conditions are repressed, the dose of the medications should lower
to prevent relapse and prevent the kidney function.
As a result, the dose of the medications should adjusted according to the
actual situation.
3.treatment plan
Lupus nephritis has many different types and the treatment plan should be
made according to the pathological pattern. So patients should use medications
under the guidance of the patients, which should be in line with their specific
conditions and renal biopsy.
4.prevention of complications
This is easily overlooked in many cases. During the course of the treatment,
patients with lupus nephritis tend to develop various complications, such as
infection, vascular diseases, femoral head necrosis. The key is to use medicines
rationally, do test regularly and treat it on time.
5. prevention of relapse of SLE
Any infection, suntan, exposure to chemicals or pregnancy could trigger SLE.
Female patients with lupus nephritis should avoid pregnancy when their
conditions are not totally controlled.
6. a concept of holistic treatment
As SLE is a systemic disease, patients should also pay attention to their
other vital organs such as heart, lung and brain while treating this
disease.
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