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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.
Answered 9/28/2016
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Kidney infection: Nephritis of pregnancy is an ascending urinary tract infection that has arrived in the kidney. The hormone, progesterone during pregnancy, causes relaxation of the ureters(kidney tubes to the bladder) allowing bacteria a easier path to the kidneys for serious infection.
Answered 10/2/2018
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