Patients with lupus nephritis have high blood pressure and need timely treatment, which includes non-pharmacological and pharmacological treatments.
SLE is an autoimmune disease with multifactorial involvement, and patients prominently exhibit systemic multi-system involvement. Some SLE patients have kidney involvement clinically, which is called lupus nephritis. Lupus nephritis is characterized by high blood pressure, which requires timely adjustment of antihypertensive program under the guidance of professional physicians.
1. Non-pharmacological treatment: including sodium restriction, weight reduction, appropriate exercise, etc.
2. Pharmacological treatment: ACEIs such as captopril, ARBs such as chlosartan, diuretics such as hydrochlorothiazide, calcium channel blockers (CCBs) such as nifedipine, and β-blockers such as metoprolol, can be used as blood pressure-lowering drugs.
Patients with high blood pressure in lupus nephritis should go to the hospital in time and be treated under the guidance of professional physicians. Drugs should be used according to the doctor’s prescription, do not self-medication.