Kidney Problems Lupus Symptoms. You may also develop high blood pressure. However the medications used to treat lupus and lupus nephritis suppress the immune system making the person with lupus more likely to get infections of any type including kidney infections.
The symptoms of lupus nephritis may include foamy urine and edema swelling that occurs when your body has too much fluid usually in the legs feet or ankles and less often in the hands or face. I try to think about what a person experiences when they get that first call from their doctor that their tests indicate they might have nephritis. Lupus nephritis is inflammation of the kidney that is caused by systemic lupus erythematous sle.
However not everyone with these symptoms has kidney failure.
The symptoms of lupus nephritis may include foamy urine and edema swelling that occurs when your body has too much fluid usually in the legs feet or ankles and less often in the hands or face. Kidney disease is only picked up because tests are performed regularly in lupus patients to check for kidney disease. When lupus affects the kidney it can be a difficult time. Swelling especially in the feet ankles legs fingers arms or eyes.