Acute glomerulonephritis: Symptoms, causes and prevention

The rate of acute glomerulonephritis occurred in developed countries such as France, the US, the UK and Canada has decreased significantly in recent years. However, in developing countries including Vietnam, the number of people suffering from acute glomerulonephritis has continued to increase and is quite complicated.

Symptoms of disease

Signs or manifestations of the disease depend on the level of development or the main cause of acute glomerulonephritis. And most patients will often have the following typical signs:

At the onset stage

1. Fatigue : A feeling of total body fatigue and accompanied by a mild fever of 38 - 39 degrees Celsius with no known cause.
2. Pain in the lumbar region : In the onset of illness, patients often have mild pain at the lumbar region on both sides.
3. Gastrointestinal disorders : Most patients in the early stages of the disease often have symptoms of gastrointestinal disorders such as: Anorexia, abdominal pain.

Full play stage

1. Urine color : Tea-colored urine, dark in color is the most obvious sign that you are suffering from a dangerous disease.
2. The phenomenon of edema : Initially, this condition may appear on the face then quickly affect the whole body (edema often occurs in the arms, legs, ankles .)
3. Less urination : Less urination with significant reduction or anuria is also given warning signs of disease.
4. Hypertension : Most patients diagnosed with acute glomerulonephritis often have higher blood pressure than normal.

Genetics is one of the reasons for the disease, although this is rare.

Causes of disease

1. Infection : The disease can develop after suffering from throat diseases such as sore throat, sore throat. In addition, people with weakened immune systems are also considered a prerequisite for developing the aforementioned disease.
2. Lupus : Many medical studies have confirmed that Lupus has a close relationship with acute glomerulonephritis because they are thought to affect many parts of the body such as skin, joints, heart, and lungs. .
3. IgA nephropathy : The symptoms of people with this disease are often not expressed clearly and specifically. The disease has been silenced for many years and bloody urine is the main symptom of the disease.

Other causes: In many cases, acute glomerulonephritis will develop from chronic glomerulonephritis. Besides, a group of researchers also said: Genetics is one of the reasons for the disease, although this case rarely occurs.

Dangerous complications

Acute glomerulonephritis seriously affects the function of the kidneys such as: the process of removing blood waste from the body, the daily filtration capacity decreases. This condition lasts for a certain period of time may cause patients to have hemodialysis or kidney transplantation to maintain. In addition, nephrotic syndrome is also mentioned by many experts as one of the dangerous complications of glomerulonephritis.

Diagnostic

Acute glomerulonephritis is a dangerous disease, which can cause dangerous complications as mentioned above. The correct diagnosis of the disease will help the doctor make the appropriate treatment regimen.

1. Diagnosis based on clinical symptoms: Some of the mentioned clinical symptoms are: edema, hypertension, poor urination, hematuria . supporting doctors during the initial diagnosis.
2. Some tests ordered by doctors as a urine test are important to make the diagnosis more accurate.

Precautions

This is the disease that occurs primarily in children and adults over 40 years old. Currently, scientists have statistics that have many causes of acute glomerulonephritis. Overcoming the above-mentioned causes will positively support in preventing diseases such as:

1. Controlling blood sugar helps limit the risk of diabetes.
2. Seek help from doctors for the treatment of throat-related illnesses.
3. Limit the risk of high blood pressure.