Patient HP (32 years old, Ho Chi Minh City) continuously urinates chocolate-colored or sometimes blood appears and mixes in the urine. There are even times when patients feel cold and have a sore throat without a clear cause. However, Mr. P. also pointed out the pharmacy near his house to buy medicine to take lightly to relieve symptoms immediately.
However, 1 week ago, Mr. P. began to experience more intense symptoms, so he decided to go for a health check-up and urine test. Through clinical tests and diagnosis, the doctor discovered that the patient had IgA glomerular disease and needed treatment as soon as possible.
BS.CK2. Le Thi Dan Thuy - Head of the Department of Nephrology and Dialysis at Binh Dan Hospital (HCMC), said that IgA glomerular disease appears to protect the body when people are infected, especially infections in the mucosa such as: Infection pharynx, respiratory, intestinal, urinary tract...
IgA glomerular nephropathy appears most often around 20-30 years old, can range from very young to old, the rate in men is 2-3 times higher than in women. Only at Ho Chi Minh City People's Hospital , in young patients, in addition to the causes of glomerular disease such as IgA, lupus erythematosus, drug-induced diseases... in the biopsy methods of glomerular diseases at In hospitals, the rate of kidney disease due to IgA accounts for 30-40%.
The cause of rejuvenation is due to IgA abnormalities, related to genes. However, the triggering factor for the disease is infection. Infection can be from the respiratory tract, intestinal tract, urinary tract or from the genitourinary system. If infection occurs, IgA disease will develop. However, some foods increase IgA in patients.
“If you wait for symptoms to recognize IgA glomerular disease, it will be relatively late, because the disease can often be detected very early. For example, the patient can have a urine test, at a later stage is the patient with gross hematuria, which appears when the patient has a respiratory infection, often in the family having kidney disease. . In less cases of proteinuria, doctors may also consider IgA glomerulonephritis," Dr. Dan Thuy added.
The above symptoms show that they are often not specific to IgA disease, so patients need to be tested periodically to detect the disease early and accurately.
