In addition to addressing hypertension, ACE inhibitors and ARBs also help reduce protein in the urine—known as proteinuria—a common symptom of IgAN. Another class of medication used to help reduce proteinuria in IgAN patients are the sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors. Research ...
Nephrotic syndrome is not a disease, per se, but describes a group of symptoms that frequently occur together in certain kinds of kidney disease. In nephrotic syndrome, the wall of the capillaries in the kidneys become "leaky," allowing enough protein to be lost through the urine to significan...