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what exactly is trench nephritis?

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Trench Nephritis: An epidemic of nephritis occurred among soldiers in world war i, predominantly those in the trenches. Characterized by the sudden onset of albuminuria, hypertension, edema, and dyspnea, atypical features such as bronchitis, an evanescent course, low early mortality, and frequent relapses distinguished it from poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis.

Question 2

what exactly is masugi nephritis?

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Nephritis: An experimentally produced, immune-mediated nephritis. Called also nephrotoxic nephritis.

Question 3

what exactly is nephritis and what are the causes?

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A little vague term: The term nephritis generally means inflammation of the kidneys filtering units. The usual term is glomerulonephritis gn. However, whatever term you use is not adequate to describe the underlying mechanism of disease. That is why the full terms are membranous glomerulonephritis, minimal glomerulonephritis, hereditary nephritis etc. If you have nephritis ask you doctor for the full name/description.

Question 4

what to do if i have tubulointerstitial nephritis can some explain to me what it does exactly?

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Kidney structure: Kidney specialists look at kidney as 3 compartments- glomerulus, tubulointerstitial and vascular.Tubulointerstitium consists of tubules and interstitium involved in absorption/secretion of electrolytes, water and acids. When diseases affect this part, it is called tubulointerstial nephritis.

Question 5

what exactly is nephritis of pregnancy?

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Eclampsia: During some pregnancies there can be a state of toxemia related to abnormal placental function which leads to acute kidney damage and severe hypertension sometimes with convulsions.
The kidneys suffer damage to blood vessels with excessive coagulation and loss of filtration first heralded by protein in the urine.

Question 6

symptoms of nephritis?

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Glomerular swelling: There could be blood seen in  urine- urine test can also show protein in urine. BP could increase.There could be worsening of kidney function with elevation on urea and creatinine levels in the blood. There can also be swelling in the legs.

Question 7

what benign nephritis is?

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Benign GN - opinion: Benign nephritis is a term used by a nephrologist to describe his/her opinion of a patient's condition. Usually this term is attached to patient's with nonproteinuric IgA nephropathy, thin basement membrane disorder, or recovered post infectious gn. It is an opinion, it is not a guarantee, but when used by a nephrologist it usually means low risk of progression to esrd.

Question 8

what are the major symptoms of nephritis?

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See below: The most common symptoms of nephritis will typically be elevated blood pressure with values sometimes extremely elevated, increased swelling of the feet and legs from fluid retention which then will result in weight gain. Shortness of breath can occur if fluid builds up in the lungs. Obviously labs will be abnormal including kidney function abnormalities and abnormal urine tests.

Question 9

what are the primary symptoms of nephritis?

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Changes in the urine: Nephritis means inflammation of the kidney.  This can sometimes result in blood or protein being lossed in the urine manifesting as a smoky or frothy urinary appearance  nephritis can result in kidney injury and as such, patients may present with feelings of fatigue, swelling and elevated blood pressure.  In may instances, nephritis causes no symptoms and is picked up incidentally bo routine labs.

Question 10

what kind of disease is nephritis in children?

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Nephritis: is the general term for inflammation of the kidneys.  There are several causes.

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