Glomerulonephritis is also known glomerular nephritis or glomerular disease. Glomerulonephritis is a disease or group of disease that affects the part of the kidney that filters blood. It is also characterized by inflammation of glomeruli. It is a very small blood vessels in the kidneys that act as tiny filters. This type of disease damages the kidney’s ability to remove waste and excess fluids from the body. The damaged may also starve the protein blood, that end up being excreted from the body
“Glomerulonephritis is known to be an immune reaction mediated by antigen-antibody complexes.” The kidneys have little filters called glomeruli that filter out leftover fluid, electrolytes, remaining waste from the bloodstream into the patient’s urine. About one quart of blood pass through the glomeruli every minute. When these filters become inflamed, this is called glomerulonephritis. This disease can be chronic or come on sudden, as in acute. Glomerulonephritis can turn up on its own which would
Glomerulonephritis, as a defined disease, is very broad in terms of a medical condition and is usually only diagnosed after a routine medical check-up or tests for another condition discover; the symptoms may not be obvious. This disease targets the membrane tissues made of tiny filtering cluster units within the kidneys called glomerulus, which comes from a Greek word meaning filter (NIH, 2014). This illness presents as an inflammation of the tiny filtering units called glomeruli of the kidneys
Mellitus, Diabetes Insipidus, and Glomerulonephritis are all diseases that affect the kidneys, along with other organs in the body. All three of these diseases are complicated and cause different signs and symptoms. Although a preliminary urine test can show the possibility of each of these diseases, they must be confirmed by further testing and treated accordingly. In this paper, I will discuss how Diabetes Mellitus, Diabetes Insipidus, and Glomerulonephritis are diagnosed and the treatment for
and the vagina (Cleveland Clinic 2007). Glomerulonephritis is a disease that causes the inflammation of kidneys’ filters. The kidneys’ filters are in charge of remove the waste from the blood, and then excreted it as urine. Even though Glomerulonephritis can be caused by itself, diabetes and lupus can ... ... middle of paper ... ...n ones are a kidney biopsy, imagine test, blood test and kidney ultrasound. After getting a positive test for Glomerulonephritis, the adequate treatment has to be implemented
survive longer... ... middle of paper ... ...ess The blood tests performed when post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis is suspected are similar to those discussed above with rheumatic fever. In this condition, blood pressure is often high and should also be measured. A sample of urine may also be assessed to assist in making the diagnosis. The main treatment for post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis involves a course of antibiotics (usually penicillin) to kill off the remaining Group A Streptococcus
there are some younger patients with kidney disease. For example, I was diagnosed with having a rare form of kidney disease at the age of 15. The kidney disease that I have is called C3 Glomerulonephritis which is a rare form of kidney disease that affects two to three people per million. C3 Glomerulonephritis usually affects children or young adults. These patients need the care of a
condition may develop after an infection in the throat or skin and symptoms commonly include facial puffiness, urine retention and bloody urine. Shortness of breath may also occur as a build up of fluid occurs around the lungs. Ordinarily acute glomerulonephritis will cease on its own, though dialysis is sometimes required for those afflicted who have a large amount of extra fluid within the body. Two further conditions are associated with this disease and those are nephritic syndrome and nephrotic
family in the case includes Mike and Joanne (parents) and James and Samuel (identical twin boys). James, one of the twin brothers admitted to the hospital with acute glomerulonephritis, and kidney failure, that caused by a streptococcus infection. Initially, James was brought to the hospital by his parents, due to acute glomerulonephritis, and his condition was exacerbated by concomitant symptoms, such as an elevated blood pressure and fluid overloaded in his system. Thus, the physician recommended
accrued through medical bills from hospital stays and medicine. Would people even believe me? From the outside my family looks picture perfect, but if they only knew our true situation. My mother has suffered from a rare kidney disease called glomerulonephritis my entire life. This disease eats away at my mother’s health, leaving her mostly bed-ridden and depressed. My father is a store director at a local grocery store and has been for twenty-seven years.
hyperpigmentation or hypopigmentation sometimes occur post infection. The prognosis for impetigo is a positive one. Most patients’ condition resolves in 2 weeks (Cole and Gazewood, 2007, p. 861). If complications do occur, acute post streptococcal glomerulonephritis is a very important one. It affects up to 5% of patients with nonboullous (Brown, Shriner, Schwartz, and Janniger, 2007, p. 252). Better infection control practices and hand washing techniques utilized by the general population help to reduce
which can helps in order to identify and can be found in people who are affected. Symptoms such as smoking, physical inactivity change in amount of urine passed in a period of time and pain in kidney areas, high blood pressure, diabetes and glomerulonephritis. This chronic disease can be prevented, can be treated professionally at the very beginning of the process however, this disease cannot be cured. There are ...
leukocytes, and causes no concern at this time but should be monitored, but had large amounts of keytones. Glucose, and proteins in her urine. This can be related to a number of things including liver cirrhosis plasmacytoma, cardiac insufficiency, glomerulonephritis, or pregnancy, due to her high amount of protein. Darlene's high amount of glucose could indicate renal glycosuria, diabetes mellitus, or excessive consumption of carbohydrates. Darlene's keytones is a concern because there were large amounts
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organs. Some examples of organ-specific autoimmunity includes multiple sclerosis, Addison’s disease, insulin-dependent diabetes, pernicious anemia, myasthenia gravis, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, primary biliary cirrhosis, pemphigus vulgaris and glomerulonephritis. Theses diseases effect the organs such as brain, pancreas, adrenal glands, thyroid, stomach, muscles, blood, liver, skin and kidneys. This effects direct cellular damage and causes an inflammatory response in the effected organs. After the
Distinguish between active and passive transport and define the role of each with in the mammalian kidney. Passive transport is the diffusing of molecules from areas of high concentration to low concentration across a cell membrane without the use of energy. There are four types of passive transport; Diffusion: The movement of molecules from high to low concentration. Facilitated diffusion: The movement of of molecules using carrier protein molecules to transport them across the cell membrane from
Chronic kidney disease is a significant health problem for all Australians, however it is ten times more common among indigenous people. (Kidney Health Australia, 2014) The incidence of kidney disease is especially high for indigenous Australians living in rural and very remote areas. (Kidney Health Australia, 2014) Their likelihood of dying from kidney disease is more than fifteen times that of non-indigenous Australians. (Kidney disease among Aboriginal people, 2013) Forty to sixty year olds in
these causes range from minimal change disease, membranous nephropathy, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and other conditions, disorders of the glomeruli. The membranous nephropathy also known as the membranous nephritis or membranous glomerulonephritis, only causes diseases in adults and very uncommon in children. Leakage occurs from this due to the thickening of the membranous in the glomeruli which is the filter of the glomeruli. Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is a causative due to the
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a worldwide problem that is currently three times higher for African Americans, Hispanics, Pacific Islanders, American Indians and seniors (The National Kidney Foundation, 2013). CKD occurs when the kidneys are damaged by a pathogen or injury and they can no longer adequately maintain proper levels of regulated chemicals in the bloodstream. There are many risk associated with CKD. According to the National Kidney Foundation, two of the major risks are Chronic Renal
Hypertension may not be common in children, but if present, may be a problem in children of any age. It is often missed due to medical professionals omitting to take the blood pressure in a child or the technique, used by the doctor to take the blood pressure, is incorrect.[7] In adults a high blood pressure is defined as a BP of 140/90 and higher but in children, to determine if the BP is high, one has to take into account the child’s age, weight and height. A child is said to have hypertension