Nephritis
Nephritis is inflammation of the kidney. The two most common causes of nephritis are infection or an auto-immune process.
Nephritis has the effect of damaging and closing up the microscopic filters in the kidney. This means that in addition to various toxic waste products, the inflamed kidney filters out important proteins (larger molecules) from the blood. Therefore the characteristic symptom of nephritis is proteinuria — meaning the excessive removal of protein from the blood and its excretion in urine.
Symptoms
- Increased or decreased urine output
- Fever
- Mental status changes, ranging from drowsiness to confusion to coma
- Nausea, vomiting
- Rash (sometimes)
- Swelling of the body, any area
- Weight gain (from fluid retention)
- Blood in the urine
Loss of blood protein(s) can result in a number of problems including swelling, excessive water retention, and the danger of blood clots (as a result of the removal of anti-coagulation proteins).
Nephritis is the 9th leading cause of death in the United States.
Source-Wikipedia
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