IgA nephropathy patients with kidney failure

IgA nephropathy is a kind of kidney diseases with IgA immune complexes deposited on kidneys, and the IgA nephropathy can finally develop into kidney failure if patients don’t take effective treatment to remedy their kidney damage. For patients with IgA nephropathy and kidney failure, they will have some severe symptoms, and the diarrhea is a common one. Then what can cause diarrhea in IgA nephropathy patients with kidney failure?

Here are some of the common factors that can cause diarrhea in IgA nephropathy and kidney failure.

1. High BUN level

For IgA nephropathy patients with kidney failure, there kidneys have been damaged severely, then the kidneys will fail to remove the urea nitrogen (waste product of protein metabolism in blood) out effectively, then patients will get high BUN level in blood, which can stimulate the gastrointestinal system and cause diarrhea.

2. Side effects of medicines

For patients, they also need to take some medicines to control their symptoms and slow down the progression. But most of the western medicines will cause some side effects for patients, and diarrhea is a common one.

3. Dialysis

When there is less than 15% kidney function left for patients, they will be recommended to take dialysis to prolong their life expectancy. However, the long term dialysis can also cause some severe side effects for patients, and the diarrhea is one of the common side effects.

Above are some of the common causes of diarrhea for IgA nephropathy patients with kidney failure. In order to relieve the symptom from root, we need first get the main cause of the diarrhea, then we can give effects treatments for patients. If you want to get more suggestions and treatment for diarrhea in IgA nephropathy patients with kidney failure, you can consult our online doctor directly, or you can also leave a message below. We will do our good to help you.