What are the symptoms of Lupus kidney disease?
Lupus kidney disease is a common kidney disease
The clinical symptoms of Lupus Nephritis:
1. Kidney damage manifestations:
- Blood in the urine
- Foamy appearance to urine
- High blood pressure
- Swelling of any area of the body
2. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus manifestations:
- Fatigue: Nearly all people with lupus have mild to extreme fatigue.
- Joint and muscle pain.
- Common skin symptoms include skin sores or flaky red spots on the arms, hands, face, neck, or back; mouth or lip sores; and a scaly, red or purple raised rash on the face, neck, scalp, ears, arms, and chest. Exposure to ultraviolet light (such as sunlight or tanning parlors) typically worsens the skin rash and can trigger lupus flares.
- The majority of people with lupus develop nervous system problems, most commonly headaches, depression, or anxiety. Memory loss is less common.
- Heart problems: People with lupus may develop inflammation of the heart sac (pericarditis), which may cause severe, sudden pain in the center of the left side of the chest that may spread to the neck, back, shoulders, or arms.
- Mental health problems: People with lupus may develop problems such as anxiety and depression. Such problems can be caused by lupus, the medications used to treat it, or the stress of coping with chronic illness.
- Fever: Most people with lupus will sometimes have a low-grade fever related to the disease. Fever is sometimes a first sign of the disease.
- Changes in weight: Many people with lupus lose weight when their disease is active (flaring).
- Hair loss: People with lupus may experience periods of hair loss, either in patches or spread evenly over the head. This hair loss is usually not permanent.
- Swollen glands: Many people with lupus eventually develop swollen lymph glands during a flare.
- Inflammation of blood vessels in the skin: Inflammation or bleeding from the blood vessels can lead to small or large blue spots or small reddish spots on the skin or nail beds.
- Swelling of the hands and feet: Some people with lupus have kidney problems, which can prevent extra fluids from being removed from the body tissues. As fluid collects, the hands and feet may swell.
- Anemia: Anemia is a decrease in the amount of the oxygen-carrying substance (hemoglobin) found in red blood cells. Many people with an ongoing disease such as lupus develop anemia because they don’t have enough red blood cells.
The clinical symptoms of Lupus Nephritis:
1. Kidney damage manifestations:
- Blood in the urine
- Foamy appearance to urine
- High blood pressure
- Swelling of any area of the body
2. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus manifestations:
- Fatigue: Nearly all people with lupus have mild to extreme fatigue.
- Joint and muscle pain.
- Common skin symptoms include skin sores or flaky red spots on the arms, hands, face, neck, or back; mouth or lip sores; and a scaly, red or purple raised rash on the face, neck, scalp, ears, arms, and chest. Exposure to ultraviolet light (such as sunlight or tanning parlors) typically worsens the skin rash and can trigger lupus flares.
- The majority of people with lupus develop nervous system problems, most commonly headaches, depression, or anxiety. Memory loss is less common.
- Heart problems: People with lupus may develop inflammation of the heart sac (pericarditis), which may cause severe, sudden pain in the center of the left side of the chest that may spread to the neck, back, shoulders, or arms.
- Mental health problems: People with lupus may develop problems such as anxiety and depression. Such problems can be caused by lupus, the medications used to treat it, or the stress of coping with chronic illness.
- Fever: Most people with lupus will sometimes have a low-grade fever related to the disease. Fever is sometimes a first sign of the disease.
- Changes in weight: Many people with lupus lose weight when their disease is active (flaring).
- Hair loss: People with lupus may experience periods of hair loss, either in patches or spread evenly over the head. This hair loss is usually not permanent.
- Swollen glands: Many people with lupus eventually develop swollen lymph glands during a flare.
- Inflammation of blood vessels in the skin: Inflammation or bleeding from the blood vessels can lead to small or large blue spots or small reddish spots on the skin or nail beds.
- Swelling of the hands and feet: Some people with lupus have kidney problems, which can prevent extra fluids from being removed from the body tissues. As fluid collects, the hands and feet may swell.
- Anemia: Anemia is a decrease in the amount of the oxygen-carrying substance (hemoglobin) found in red blood cells. Many people with an ongoing disease such as lupus develop anemia because they don’t have enough red blood cells.
Kidney disease in Lupus is discovered in four main ways:- • Someone may feel completely well. Kidney disease is only picked up because tests are performed regularly in Lupus patients to check for kidney disease. • Lupus kidney disease can cause water build up in the body, with swollen ankles, or puffy face and hands. More details on water build up, which is called nephrotic syndrome… • Kidney failure can cause sickness, tiredness and itching. However, not everyone with these symptoms has kidney failure. • Pain passing urine, having to go in a hurry and very frequently, may occur with urine infection. Infections may occur in people who never develop the serious forms of Lupus kidney disease, but of course infections may need urgent treatment with antibiotics. More details on the tests needed if Lupus causes kidney disease…
