Why does lupus nephritis patients have frequent urination at night? Many patients focus on this question and want to find the reasons. Hopefully, you can benefit from this passage.

Lupus nephritis is an autoimmune kidney disease. Its pathogenesis is the immune complex deposition in glomeruli. And urinating problems will appear on patients and they are often urge to pee at night. What does this condition mean?

Generally speaking, it indicates that damage is in the renal tubules. As we all know, kidney tubules have functions of reabsorption, secretion, and excretion. With the development of illness condition, renal tubules cannot work adequately and the reabsorption function is injured, the more fluid will leak out through urine and nocturnal enuresis will increase.

Additionally, immune complexes deposits in glomeruli and affect the glomeruli’ work efficiency can cause the increased nocturnal enuresis.

Patients have frequent urination at night because that urine can be secreted out from body by other ways in the daytime, such as sweating, breathing, etc.

Now, I believe that you have known more about your illness condition. If you have other problems about your health, please leave a message below or email to renal-disease@hotmail.com to get a professional guidance.

To treat frequent urination, both diet therapy and medical therapy paly important roles. In daily life, doctor may suggest you drink relatively water to supply your water loss. More detailed diet therapy, you can contact our online dietitian.

Besides, you should also find an effective treatment which aims to repair damaged kidney and enhance kidney function. Hot compress therapy is a good way to control the process of disease. It makes full use of Chinese medicine. And effective ingredients of herbs can provide a better internal environment for recovering kidney function. Once your kidney function returns to normal, your urine volume will comes back to normal gradually. Other therapies, such as Immunotherapy, Medicated Bath, Acupuncture and so on, are beneficial for improving renal function. If you are interested, you might as well try.