Early accurate diagnosis of Lupus Nephritis is very important for improving
its diagnosis. Therefore, it is very essential for the patients to know how to
diagnose Lupus Nephritis.
Symptoms of Lupus Nephritis are the first causes for the patients to go to
see a doctor. If you have one or several symptoms of the following symptoms, you
should pay more attention to them.
1. Abnormal urine color: Your urine may become darker like cola-colored and
tea-colored for the red blood loss in urine.
2. You may have foamy urine or bubbly urine if you have protein leakage in
urine.
3. Increased urination at night. As the renal tubule is impaired, its urine
concentrating ability declines so the urine has to be discharged out of
body.
4. High blood pressure. For the building up of fluid and sodium in body, it
will lead to increased blood volume thus leading to high blood pressure.
5. Edema around eyelids, extremities and other loose body parts due to the
retention of sodium and fluid as well as the protein loss in urine.
6. Increased body weight.
If you have one or several symptoms above, you doctor will recommend you to
take medical tests to get confirm the diagnosis of the disease.
1. Blood test: Blood tests can measure the residual renal function and
reflecting how well your kidneys function. It can check the levels of
creatinine, BUN and so on, which are important indexes of renal function.
2. Urine test: Urine test can measure the urine protein in 24 hours, the
specific gravity reflecting renal concentrating ability, PH and so on.
3. Renal biopsy: If the doctor can not get a definite diagnosis of Lupus
Nephritis based on your symptoms and medical test results, you need a renal
biopsy to confirm the disease. Moreover, it can tell you the severity of your
renal damage.
Both symptoms and medical tests are important for the accurate diagnosis of
Lupus Nephritis, which can help us avoid misdiagnosis. After reading the
article, if you still do not well about how to diagnose Lupus Nephritis more
accurately, you can email to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com.