Glomerulonephritis

Question 1

What is it?

What 2 things are found in the urine due to this?

Answer 1

Inflammation of the glomeruli

Haematuria and/or proteinuria

Question 2

Nephrotic or nephritis:

What does nephrotic mean? What typically presents in the urine with this?

What does nephritis mean? What typically presents in the urine with this?

Answer 2

Proteinuria due to podocyte (cells in the bowman’s capsule) pathology

Haematuria due to inflammatory damage

Both can have haematuria and proteinuria but if a case leans towards on side then it is probably that.

Question 3

How does it usually found?

S+S:

• Why may they feel generally unwell?
• Why may they have oedema?

Answer 3

Incidentally in an asymptomatic individual

Uraemia and anaemia

Loss of protein - seen in nephrotic syndrome

Question 4

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Answer 4

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