What are the symptoms of lupus nephritis

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Grandma is a patient with lupus erythematosus, complications of chronic nephritis, has been in treatment, the following is a talk about the symptoms of lupus nephritis.

What are the symptoms of lupus nephritis

First: lupus nephritis patients with skin rash. Patients will appear discoid erythema, annular erythema, edematous erythema and other shapes of the rash, the rash appears in a wide range, will appear in many parts of the body. Lupus nephritis patients are more sensitive to light, about 33.3% of the patients will make the condition worse when they are irradiated.

Second: lupus nephritis usually causes walking and symmetrical joint pain and muscle pain, and joint pain occurs several years before the onset of lupus nephritis. The main manifestations are swelling, tenderness and effusion of soft tissue around the joint. The damaged parts are proximal finger joint, metacarpophalangeal joint, wrist, elbow, knee, toe joint, etc.

Third: cough, shortness of breath, usually without sputum, severe lung damage, and even respiratory failure. Patients with lung damage are prone to repeated secondary infection and exacerbation of the disease, patients will also appear with obstructive emphysema, bronchial pneumonia, respiratory failure, pulmonary encephalopathy and pulmonary heart disease heart failure and other symptoms.

matters needing attention

For patients suffering from kidney disease, we must pay attention to this disease, because the kidney is necessary for our body's physiological activities. If there is a problem with the kidney, it will certainly affect other aspects, and it is not good for everyone's health.