What will happen if I have IgA Glomerulonephritis

Most patients really do not know what IgA Glomerulonephritis exactly means. In their mind, it is just a kind of kidney disease and it would not threaten their recent condition immediately. However, this disease has some potential things to hurt people. What will happen if people have IgA Glomerulonephritis?

What is IgA Glomerulonephritis exactly?

IgA means immunoglobulin A which is one type of antibodies for protecting our body. But in the people with an abnormal immune system, their IgA may be released too much for infections, resulting in deposition of this antibody in the blood vessels or the organs. They will settle in kidney tissues and causes scarring and inflammation in kidneys, which is the IgA Glomerulonephritis.

This IgA mainly hurt the glomeruli which are the main tissues for filtering toxic substances and excessive water. In the beginning, people would not have some obvious symptoms but later they may feel something wrong.

The symptoms of IgA Glomerulonephritis

The symptoms are variable from case to case. Most of them find foamy urine which means there are many bubbles after urination. And the bubbles would not disappear immediately. Many of them often ignore this symptom or patients always think it may be normal for healthy people.

The other symptom is slight swelling eyelids in the morning. It may also present for normal people if they do not sleep well. So it is not easy for people to detect.

What will happen if people have IgA Glomerulonephritis?

People may keep unchanged condition for many years and they need regular tests for monitoring. However, it also develops into kidney failure, resulting in demand of dialysis or kidney transplant in some cases.


So people are suggested to take effective therapy to treat it in the early stage in order to avoid the further damage. If they go to the end stage of IgA Glomerulonephritis, it is very difficult to reverse it. So hope you can get a treatment as soon as possible.