Plasma Exchange Helps Lupus Nephritis Patients

Plasma exchange is a kind of treatment method that remove blood with high concentration of toxins out of patient's body. This treatment is applied on the basis of advanced device that can help to separate blood with high concentration of toxins from good blood and meanwhile transfuse fresh blood with high nutrition into patient's body.
Plasma exchange is especially helpful for patients with immunological disease like Lupus Nephritis.
How does treatment for plasma exchange help Lupus Nephritis patients
Lupus Nephritis refers to kidney disease caused by SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus) which is an autoimmune disease. Clinical detection found that patients with SLE have different kinds of autoantibodies and immune complexes in blood serum. These autoantibodies and immune complexes circulate with blood and when they deposit in kidney and cause kidney damages, Lupus Nephritis occurs, that is to say there are also lots of autoantibodies and immune complexes in Lupus Nephritis patients' body.
If we do not clear these autoantibodies and immune complexes away, they will deposit in our other internal organs like brain, heart and lung and then cause varies diseases. However, through plasma exchange we can remove these harmful substances, which is extremely helpful for Lupus Nephritis patients to prevent varies complications.
Treatment effects of plasma exchange on Lupus Nephritis
1. Slow down or stop the progression of Lupus Nephritis
2. Help to avoid varies serious complications like heart failure, brain diseases and nerve diseases and so on.
3. Weaken inflammatory reaction in kidneys and avoid further kidney damages
4. Replenish varies of nutrient substances
Plasma exchange is an adoptable treatment for Lupus Nephritis and with the help of this advanced treatment method, harmful substances like immune complexes can be removed out patient's body effectively, which is of primary importance for patient's recovery.