What Are the Symptoms of Lupus Nephritis

What are the symptoms of Lupus Nephritis? Lupus Nephritis is a kind of an autoimmune disease of multisystem and multi organs damage. That means it can affect many organs in human body such as kidney, heart, liver, brain and lungs etc. The main symptoms of Lupus Nephritis includes:

1. One of the common symptoms of Lupus Nephritis is fatigue. Almost all people with lupus have mild to extreme fatigue.

2. Another common symptom of Lupus Nephritis is joint and muscle pain. Most people with lupus have joint pain (arthritis) at some time. About 70% of people with lupus report that joint and muscle pain was their first sign of the disease. Joints may be red and warm, and may swell.

3. Another symptom of Lupus Nephritis is skin problems: Most people with lupus develop skin rashes. These rashes are often an important clue to the diagnosis. In addition to the butterfly rash over the cheeks and bridge of the nose, other common skin symptoms include skin sores or flaky red spots on the arms, hands, face, neck, or back; mouth or lip sores; and a scaly, red or purple raised rash on the face, neck, scalp, ears, arms, and chest.

4. The symptoms of Lupus Nephritis in kidneys include simple hematuria or proteinuria; hematuria, proteinuria accompanied by edema, mild lumbago or hypertension; large amount of proteinuria, hypoproteinemia, edema which are like those symptoms of Nephrotic Syndrome; hematuria, protein accompanied by acute renal failure which are like the symptoms of quickly progressing nephritis; the symptoms like those of Chronic Renal Failure.


What are the symptoms of Lupus Nephritis? It is a brief introduction about the main symptoms of Lupus Nephritis. Of course, different patients may slightly be different from each other. Once people are found to have Lupus Nephritis, they have to take active attitude to treat it. Timely and effective treatment can prevent it from becoming worse and avoid the bad result—Kidney Failure. Immunotherapy has proven effective in treating Lupus Nephritis. Compared with western medicine, Immunotherapy treats Lupus Nephritis from the root. Immunotherapys can help to restore the damaged renal cells. Therefore, the treatment effect of Immunotherapy is better. For more information about Lupus Nephritis and Immunotherapy, please feel free to contact us online.