Protecting the kidneys in lupus nephritis

摘要: Kidney involvement is common in systemic lupus erythematosus. The inciting event nephritis immune complex accumulation the kidneys. While this process triggers kidney damage erythematosus, hemodynamic and metabolic factors activated after initial promote chronic, progressive to kidney. Systemic intraglomerular hypertension, proteinuria, hyperlipidemia, hyperuricemia, uremic acidosis vitamin D deficiency have all been found contribute progression of disease. aim renal protective therapies suppress these secondary thereby retard disease both active inactive glomerular with residual chronic This can be effectively accomplished through a combination medications, dietary interventions lifestyle changes. article discuss nonimmune that will help nephritis.