Friday, May 24, 2013

Examinations Lupus Nephritis Patients Should Do

Before treatment, patients with Lupus Nephritis should take many examinations to get a scientific diagnosis. And generally, the examinations are as follows:
Since patients with Lupus Nephritis is an autoimmune disease, which damages many organs, besides the conventional examinations of rheumatic disease, patients should also test the autoantibody, which includes ANAs, anti-DSDNA antibody, anti-ssDNAantibody, ENA antibody repertoire, Smith antibody, RNA antibody, SS-A antibody, SS-B antibody, ACA, etc. In addition, the lupus cells are positive in 40% to 70% of patients with Lupus Nephritis. TPab is positive in 2% to 15% patients with Lupus Nephritis. The examination of cell’s immune function can also help test whether Lupus is under activity. The blood of patients with Lupus is always in hypercoagulable state. The blood flow test can also supply evidence for the treatment of dissolving of stasis and improving the blood circulation.

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