Guest guest Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 Here's a question that just occured to me. As IGA Nephropathy is an auto immune reaction whereby your IGA decides to attack your kidneys instead of just fighting off infection as it is meant to, what happens when you get a transplant? Does your IGA still continue to attack the new kidney and eventually incapacitate it, or does the disease mysteriously go away and/or avoid the new kidney? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 14, 2004 Report Share Posted March 14, 2004 Hi . I already wrote an answer to this question which you can read at http://www.igan.ca/id72.htm Pierre IGA and transplant > Here's a question that just occured to me. As IGA Nephropathy is an auto > immune reaction whereby your IGA decides to attack your kidneys instead of just > fighting off infection as it is meant to, what happens when you get a > transplant? Does your IGA still continue to attack the new kidney and eventually > incapacitate it, or does the disease mysteriously go away and/or avoid the new > kidney? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Hi , You are absolutely correct. Once you have IgAN, you tend to have it for life. Transplant does not cure the underlying condition. However, recurrence doesn't automatically result in loss of the new kidney. As glomerular diseases go, the recurrence rate is pretty low. It should be noted however, that even new kidneys that are not subjected to an autoimmune process won't last forever. If you are relatively young, you might expect to cycle through several transplants in a lifetime - regardless of the underlying disease. Cy IGA and transplant > Here's a question that just occured to me. As IGA Nephropathy is an auto > immune reaction whereby your IGA decides to attack your kidneys instead of just > fighting off infection as it is meant to, what happens when you get a > transplant? Does your IGA still continue to attack the new kidney and eventually > incapacitate it, or does the disease mysteriously go away and/or avoid the new > kidney? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 15, 2004 Report Share Posted March 15, 2004 Hi , You are absolutely correct. Once you have IgAN, you tend to have it for life. Transplant does not cure the underlying condition. However, recurrence doesn't automatically result in loss of the new kidney. As glomerular diseases go, the recurrence rate is pretty low. It should be noted however, that even new kidneys that are not subjected to an autoimmune process won't last forever. If you are relatively young, you might expect to cycle through several transplants in a lifetime - regardless of the underlying disease. Cy IGA and transplant > Here's a question that just occured to me. As IGA Nephropathy is an auto > immune reaction whereby your IGA decides to attack your kidneys instead of just > fighting off infection as it is meant to, what happens when you get a > transplant? Does your IGA still continue to attack the new kidney and eventually > incapacitate it, or does the disease mysteriously go away and/or avoid the new > kidney? > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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