Nephritic syndrome
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Nephritic syndrome is a syndrome comprising signs of nephritis, which is kidney disease involving inflammation. It often occurs in the glomerulus, where it is called glomerulonephritis. Glomerulonephritis is characterized by inflammation and thinning of the glomerular basement membrane and the occurrence of small pores in the podocytes of the glomerulus. These pores become large enough to permit both proteins and red blood cells to pass into the urine (yielding proteinuria and hematuria, respectively). By contrast, nephrotic syndrome is characterized by proteinuria and a constellation of other symptoms that specifically do not include hematuria.[6] Nephritic syndrome, like nephrotic syndrome, may involve low level of albumin in the blood due to the protein albumin moving from the blood to the urine.[7]
Nephritic syndrome | |
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Other names | Acute nephritic syndrome[1] |
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Specialty | Nephrology |
Symptoms | Oliguria[2] |
Causes | Infectious, autoimmune, or thrombotic[3] |
Diagnostic method | Urinalysis, kidney biopsy[4] |
Treatment | Antihypertensives[5] |