IgA nephritis is a medical term on the basis of renal biopsy, indicating IgA
depositing into renal gloemerular mesengial area. Generally, there are several
symptoms which go as follows:
1. microscopic hematuria with or without no symptom proteinuria
Both of microscopic hematuria and symptom proteinuria can not be found out
easily. It can be diagnosed by renal biopsy. They are main symptoms in children
and youngsters.
2. gross hematuria
Gross hematuria is a typical symptom of Iga Nephropathy, which look brown like
tea water or look reddish with our naked eyes and it takes place 30%-50% of
patients. Gross hematuria appears in most of time after pharyngitis and
amygdalitis, or appears under influences like overstrain, a cold, vaccination,
pneumonia, gastroenteritis, etc. It usually occurs together with inducements, or
occurs several hours to 24 hours after the inducements and then remits
spontaneously after lasting several hours to one week. (Nephritis usually occurs
one week after infection).
3. protein in urine or proteinuria
There will also be a large amount of proteinuria for IgA nephritis, which is
caused by the damage of renal glomerular filtration membrane.
4. acute renal failure
IV. Acute Renal Failure can be divided into two types: one is pathological
change with vasculitis caused by large quantity of crescent in glomeruli; the
other occurs when large quantity of erythrocyte casts blocks the tubules during
gross hematuria.
5. high blood pressure or hypertension