Mild purpura nephritis requires 6 to 12 months of oral hormones, and some patients with mild purpura nephritis do not need to apply hormone therapy.
The vast majority of patients with purpura have skin damage, and those with kidney damage are called purpura nephritis. Purpura nephritis is characterized by microscopic or microscopic hematuria, erythrocyte or other cellular tubular pattern or proteinuria, accompanied by normal renal function or only mild elevation of blood creatinine, hypertension and so on.
Mild purpura nephritis hormones need to take 6 to 12 months, in the beginning of the use of hormones, the dose must ensure that the full amount, in the case of can reduce the drug, need to be under the guidance of the doctor gradually reduce the amount, forbidden to arbitrarily stop the drug or too quickly reduce the drug.
At the same time, patients need to pay attention to the side effects of hormones, such as hypokalemia, osteoporosis, gastrointestinal bleeding and so on. Once the above side effects occur, consult a doctor in time.
Some patients with mild purpura nephritis do not need to apply hormone therapy, and the common drugs for such patients are ACEI/ARB drugs such as valsartanas, chlorosartan, enalapril, captopril and so on.
Mild purpura nephritis should go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of professional physicians. Drugs need to be used according to the doctor’s prescription, do not self-medicate.