Watch out for Kidney Damage Caused by Skin Purpura

Purpura Nephritis is the secondary kidney damage caused by skin purpura. As the kidney damage caused by skin purpura has the latent characteristics, it is often neglected by most of the patients with purpura. Therefore, it is very important for the patients to know more about Purpura Nephritis.

If the patients with skin purpura find red blood cells or protein in urine routine test, it is very likely for them to get Purpura Nephritis. Generally speaking, the symptoms of Purpura Nephritis appear one month later after the onset of skin purpura. However, some patients may find have urine abnormality in the test. For some patients with skin purpura, the symptoms such as red spot on skin, joint pain, stomachache and other obvious symptoms disappear for a short time so they think that they disease recovers totally. In fact, this thought is totally wrong. That is because the symptoms of skin purpura can disappear by themselves, but the pathological changes in kidneys may last for a long time. Moreover, when the patients with skin purpura have infection, it can aggravate the kidney injury further. Therefore, for the patients with skin purpura, they should go to do exam at once and also need to do urine test frequently for a long time in the latter days. The frequency of doing urine test should depend on the specific disease condition and it will be suggested by doctors.

At present, the pathogenesis of Purpura Nephritis is still unclear. However, some researches prove that the onset of the disease is closely related to the following factors:

1. Bacteria, virus and parasite infections

2. Some food such as shrimp, crab, egg, milk and other foreign proteins.

3. Medicines including antibiotics, antipyretic analgesics

4. Pollen, inset bite, colds and so on.

The above factors can cause some antigens invade into body and combine with antibody in body to produce immune complex and then accumulate in mesangial cells thus damaging renal blood capillaries and leading to Purpura Nephritis.

Therefore, the patients with skin purpura should not neglect the renal damage and receive treatments in time. If you are a skin purpura patient and do not know whether you have kidney damage, you can provide some information about your symptoms and test results, we will make a personalized therapeutic plan for you.

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