The information shows that about one-third of patients with lupus nephritis
have muscle and joint aches, but these kind of muscle aches have the
particularity, which can differentiate from other aches easily.
The aches due to lupus nephritis don't usually last long and are rarely
serious, sometimes it only appears to be arthralgia but can not find out
arthrocele. Lupus nephritis patients also experience joint morning stiffness,
which persist only for a moment.
The root causes of muscle and joint aches due to lupus nephritis include
toxic heat flourishing, meridians blocked, heat toxin depositing in joint, which
can hardly eliminated in short-term.
The big question is how to deal with muscle and joint aches due to lupus
nephritis. In clinical, the major treatment is hormonotherapy, which can lead to
lots of hormone complications, leaving great pain for the patients, by
comparison, traditional Chinese medicine treatment is better than
hormonotherapy.
The main effect of TCM treatment for muscle and joint aches due to lupus
nephritis is to adjust the patients’ immunity, which can also restrain the toxic
and side effect of western medicine. In essence, western medicine treatment may
damage human immunity, its a long-term harm and can hardly be recovered.
Besides, except for ingesting internally, Chinese medicine also have external
ointments, which can be used on the painful place to improve disease. More
details about treatments of lupus nephritis please refer to “How to Treat Lupus Nephritis”
Such experts in Beijing United-Tech Nephrology Specialist Hospital also
advise the patients pain in muscle and joint due to lupus nephritis need take
calcium to supplement what they lost, which can alleviate joint aches
effectively.