Can Fish Oil Treat IgA Nephropathy

We often received question that can fish oil treat IgA Nephropathy. The answer is moderate, we can not say fish oil can treat IgA Nephropathy, but IgA Nephropathy patients can benefit a lot from fish oil. IgA Nephropathy is caused by the deposition of IgA which belongs to the immune system disorder and patients who want to get rid of their disease need try their best to cleaning the toxins in blood to block the ultra immune responses in kidneys and supporting healthy blood to kidneys

Benefits IgA Nephropathy patients get from fish oil.

1 IgA Nephropathy have an abnormal fatty acid profile which would influence the overall health and this abnormality can be corrected by proper supplementation of fish oil.

2. In IgA Nephropathy, Fish oil can cause the production of eicosanoids that can combat inflammation, when the ultra immune responses in kidneys are inhibited, the kidney fibrosis progression also can be slowed down.

3. Fish oil can decrease protein in urine and relieve the kidney rejection after kidney transplant. In this way, it can reduce the recurrence of IgA Nephropathy greatly.

4. Anemia is commonly seen advanced stage of IgA Nephropathy due to the decrease of erythropoietin. At this time, patients would suffer from fatigue, dizziness and so on. The fish oil supplementation can reduce the need for erythropoietin greatly.

In addition, IgA Nephropathy patients can control the side effects of dialysis such as skin problems, anemia and so on.

But there is one thing which need to be mentioed that the fish oil also is toix to the kidneys. For IgA Nephropathy patietns, the long time and large dosage of fish oil intake can cause further kidney damage.

All in all, IgA Nephropathy patients can have fish oil intake properly under the suggestions of their doctors. And patients should try their best to clean the toxins in blood, improve the blood circulation and repair the immune system. Now if you want to know more information about IgA nephropathy treatment, you can contact our online doctors, leave us messages or send email to kidneyhospitalabroad@hotmail.com, we will reply you within 24 hours.