Does Lupus Affect Albumin

Does lupus affect albumin? Some patients who are diagnosed with lupus put forward this question. The answer is yes, with time passing by if we do not control lupus successfully. Lupus 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, which tells us that one day, lupus will develop into lupus nephritis if we don’t treat it well. When the kidney damage takes place, albumin in urine will appear. In normal condition, albumin can not filer out of the body which participates the organic function. However, when kidney is damaged especially when the renal basilar membrane is damaged, there will be proteins leak out such as albumin, which can form proteinuria if not controlled well, thus causing further damage to the kidney in turn.
So from the above we can know that after being diagnosed with lupus, patients should do regular examination on the urine and blood which can tell us whether there is damage in the kidney. Even if albumin is found in urine for lupus patients, we can have therapy to diminish it.
In our Hospital, Chinese Medicine can help repair the damaged renal basilar membrane for it contains active herbs and other materials which can promote the blood circulation and relieve the blood and oxygen insufficiency. In addition, the active materials in Chinese Medicine can also adjust the immune system and promote the immune ability, thus treating lupus from root which is an autoimmune disease.