Purpura, arthritis and abdominal pain will disappear spontaneously. Most
people who have Schonlein-Henoch Purpura Nephritis for the first time can
recover completely. Only a small part of patients will develop irreversible
kidney disease due to touching allergen repeatedly. Once the kidney is damaged
it is very difficult to recover entirely. Generally it has more chances to heal
purpura nephritis if kidney damage occurs within one week or one month of the
presence of purpura. Some will find kidney damage 2 years after purpura occurs.
So people who have protein urine even hematuria should have regular tests for
kidney function and routine urine for 1-2 months even much longer time. Some
patients will recover completely. If they no longer touch the allergen, kidney
function will be at the healthy state. But for some old people with Purpura
Nephritis especially accompanied by hypertention or urine protein, it is
difficult to make them recover completely. The kidney function will decline
continuously. Many people may much concern about the treatment. Besides the
conventional therapies, stem cells as an advanced technology, is used to treat
Purpura Nephritis.
Stem cells are the cells capable of self-renewal and differentiation. Under
the right condition, stem cells can differentiate into organ-cells of any type.
Stem cells transplanted into body are able to produce healthy cells to repair
and replace the damaged cells. Stem cells can regulate the immunologic
mechanism, control purpura activity. The indicator of protein and occult blood
will decline or become negative. In the long term it can repair the kidney
intrinsic cells and block the kidney fibrosis. Presently, it has been used to
treat purpura nephritis and has good effects. As the advanced technology stem
cells has extraordinary promise and it is believed to have the potential to
change the treatment of human disease.