Iga nephropathy: new hope!

[Unregistered]

I am 32 years old. 4 years ago the doctors diagnosed "Iga-nepropathy". i lost 5 gramms of protein. now its under 1 gramm, thanks to an allergytest (ige, igg Anticorps test in the blood).they found i have several allegies, formerly of wheat, soja and meet. since 1,5 years I don´t eat the "forbidden food" and feel much better. (there are different articles in the web written by nephrologists that assume a relation between this disease and gluten).
I hope my case can help other people too.


take care!

[Beth Witten MSW ACSW]

Wow! Now that is interesting. After reading your post, I found this article that says:

Gluten enteropathy

--Glomerular IgA deposition occurs in up to a third of patients with gluten enteropathy.
--Most of these patients have no clinical manifestations of the disease. However, IgA nephropathy and gluten hypersensitivity are associated, and withdrawal of gluten from the diet of these patients has resulted in clinical and immunological improvement of the renal disease.

http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic886.htm

This indicates three things to me:
--If you've been diagnosed with IgA nephropathy, you might want to be checked for gluten intolerance.
--If you have gluten intolerance, you might want to be checked for IgA nephropathy.
--Removing gluten from your diet if you're gluten intolerant may help to protect your kidneys.

[DoriSchatell]

Gluten intolerance is known as Celiac disease (it used to be called Celiac Sprue). Gluten is a mixture of two proteins found in many starches, including wheat, rye, and barley. (Corn and rice don't contain gluten).

Having gluten intolerance and not completely avoiding gluten can cause a severe form of anemia, permanent nerve damage, and a vastly increased risk of colon cancer--in addition to the kidney risk.

Here are some resources to learn more about gluten intolerance:
-- http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/celiac-disease/DS00319/DSECTION=3 - Celiac disease info from the Mayo Clinic
-- http://www.gluten.net/ - Gluten Intolerance Group
-- http://www.celiac.com/ - Celiac disease & gluten free diet info