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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis

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Is a type of:

Glomerulonephritis

How long it usually lasts:

Chronic (lasts years to lifelong)

How common it is:

Rare

Body locations

Lower abdomen, Upper abdomen

Symptoms

Swollen glands
Rash

Medications

Ratings show how effective doctors think these medications are at treating Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
Cyclosporine
3.4
7 reviews
Furosemide
2.2
5 reviews
ACE inhibitor
Steroids
Immunosuppressive therapy
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Other treatments

Low salt diet
Dietary changes

Tests

Cytomegalovirus DNA
HIV antibody 1 and 2
Lipid panel
24 hour urine protein
Urinalysis
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A 23-year old male asked:

Can post strep agn that resolves 1wk after tx cause focal segmental glomerulosclerosis?Im sorry for asking again. Please help.

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A 50-year old female asked:

My creatinine ranges between 1.09 & 1.26, Albumin is 3.4 and A/G ratio is 0.80. I have Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis, Should I be concerned?

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A 49-year old female asked:

Failure kidney transplant because recurrence of focal glomerulosclerosis also has global hypokinesia on dialysis no diabetics or heart disease . ?

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A 35-year old asked:

Is renal scarring the same as glomerulosclerosis?

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A 51-year old female asked:

I have been reading up on the benefits of Alfalfa supplements. I have high cholesterol and stage 3 Glomerulosclerosis and High BP. Should I use it?

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A 25-year old male asked:

Are focal neurologic deficits always symptomatic?

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A 44-year old female asked:

Res dr i want to know differences between mono focal and focal lences?

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A 35-year old asked:

What to do if i might have partial focal seizures?

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A 28-year old female asked:

How would you find out if you have focal seizures?

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A 41-year old asked:

I need new glasses.Whats best, reading, bi-focal or varifocal?

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A 41-year old asked:

What are the symptoms you would get with focal nodular hyperplasia?

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A female asked:

In 2015 they found focal adenomatous changes should I have another colonoscopy?

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A 29-year old asked:

Multi-focal lenses for presbyopia - what are some of the drawbacks for having them?

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A 42-year old female asked:

What does it mean to have a myometrium is heterogeneous demonstrates without a focal lesion?

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A member asked about a 49-year old male:

We recd test report hepatomegaaly with focal fathy infiltrations as discribed. What is the treatment.

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A 39-year old female asked:

If a dignastic mamm shows a irregular focal asymmetric density what will a MRI show with this finding?

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A 52-year old female asked:

What is focal thickening of right lateral bladder wall 1.4 cm, for which differential includes neoplasm?

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A 31-year old female asked:

What does this mean is it bad? "the liver demonstrates homogeneous signal intensity without focal lesion"?

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A 38-year old male asked:

I have a large focal disc protusion at t(-10 effacing the thecal sac anteriorly, is this a serious diagonis?

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A 39-year old female asked:

If a dig mamm says irregular focal asymetric density found in rb. Is this a thickening or a mass finding. What is it?

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A 51-year old female asked:

What is the difference between diffuse & focal pleural thickening? What are like causes of diffuse & focal pleural thickening?

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A female asked:

Should I be worried about my US finding of a 1.8 X 5.2 X 2.6 cm septated mass with focal nodularity in the wall in the left hemipelvis?

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A 53-year old female asked:

I had a MRI done and the report said that there are small areas of focal fat deposition seen within the ilia bilaterally. Should I be concerned?

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A 40-year old female asked about a 65-year old female:

What does there is focal asymmetry over the medial left 1st rib which may be projectional although underlying mass is not excluded means for a 65 yr?

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A 39-year old female asked:

Please help! ill marginated focal asymetry no colletated with 2 lymph nodes that grown in 10 days from1.1x0.7x1 to1.5x1x1.I don't know what to expect!

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A 29-year old male asked:

I had ultrasound today and it said. "Consistent with diffuse fatty changes, no focal lesions noted" what does this means please explain bit more.thnz?

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A female asked:

What does it mean by this findings: Apicolordotic view shows focal right suprahilar haziness probably due to pneumonitis, follow up study is suggested?

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A 38-year old asked:

What is a pulmonary focal infiltrate?

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A female asked:

What is focal linear scar right lobe?

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A 43-year old asked:

What is focal intestinal metaplasia without dysplasia?

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