Over The Last Decade Treatment Of Lupus Kidney Disorder Has Improved

Over The Last Decade Treatment Of Lupus Kidney Disorder Has Improved.
Over the one-time 10 years, therapy options for patients with an insurgent kidney disorder known as lupus nephritis have vastly improved, according to a new review. This means that patients with lupus nephritis, which is a involvement that can occur in individuals with the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), can now envision a better quality of life, without many of the harsh treatment side effects. The rethinking further indicates that new treatments for this serious kidney disorder are already coming down the pike, and will indubitably lead to even better options in the future.

And "Treatment of lupus nephritis is rapidly changing, becoming safer and more effective," Dr Gerald Appel, of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City, said in an American Society of Nephrology flash release. Appel and Columbia fellow-worker Dr Andrew Bomback introduce their findings in the Nov 1, 2010 online printing of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. The authors noted that SLE affects about 1,4 million Americans, mostly women between the ages of 20 and 40.