URINARY SYSTEM INFORMATION- DISEASE CONDITIONS-LESSON 83


1. Bright's Disease or Glomerulonephritis: Inflammation of the kidneys. This is of two types such as, acute glomerulonephritis and chronic glomerulonephritis. When bacteria named Streptococcus infect kidneys, the symptoms will appear after 10 to 15 days. This will cure spontaneously. But if it persists for a longtime that is called chronic glomerulonephritis. This is a serious pathological condition. Symptoms of chronic disease are high blood pressure, albuminuria, kidney failure, and uremia. In more serious conditions kidney transplant and dialysis are needed.

2. Interstitial Nephritis: Renal tubules in the kidneys are connected by connective tissues called renal interstitium. When these tissues are infected that condition is called interstitial nephritis. Symptoms of this condition are fever, eosinophilia, skin rash, and poor kidney function. Corticosteroids are the anti-inflammatory drugs useful to cure this disease.

3. Nephrotic syndrome: Syndrome is a group of symptoms. Nephrotic syndrome is a combination of renal symptoms due to extreme passing away of protein in the urine. This condition is also called nephrosis. Symptoms of this condition are proteinuria, tissue swelling or edema, hypoalbuminuria, and exposure to more infections. Diabetes mellitus and glomerulonephritis and toxins in the blood are following this condition.

4. Renal stones or nephrolithiasis: Abnormal condition of formation of stones (calcium salts and uric acid) in the kidneys. The etiology of this is unknown. Calcium is accumulated in the kidneys when the parathyroid glands get any tumor and so not work efficiently. Renal stones may form in the conditions of accumulation of more uric acid in the kidney too. The gatehouse of these renal stones are may be ureters, bladder, or renal pelvis. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy is the procedure used to break these stones and take away these stones.

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