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These diseases had a variety of names, so in 1982, the World Health Organization agreed to name the disease "hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome (HFRS)". [ 5 ] [ 28 ] Further analysis of Hantaan virus showed that it possessed the characteristics of bunyaviruses but did not serologically cross-react with other known bunyaviruses, so a new ...
Pyelonephritis is inflammation of the kidney, typically due to a bacterial infection. [3] Symptoms most often include fever and flank tenderness. [2] Other symptoms may include nausea, burning with urination, and frequent urination. [2]
Pyelonephritis is inflammation that results from a urinary tract infection that reaches the renal pelvis of the kidney. [6] Lupus nephritis is inflammation of the kidney caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a disease of the immune system. [7] Athletic nephritis is nephritis resulting from strenuous exercise. [8]
Kidney disease, or renal disease, technically referred to as nephropathy, is damage to or disease of a kidney. Nephritis is an inflammatory kidney disease and has several types according to the location of the inflammation. Inflammation can be diagnosed by blood tests. Nephrosis is non-inflammatory kidney disease.
Sjögren's syndrome: this autoimmune disease causes the deposit of immunocomplexes in the glomeruli, causing them to become inflamed, this is the same mechanism as occurs in systemic lupus erythematosus. HIV: the virus's antigens provoke an obstruction in the glomerular capillary's lumen that alters normal kidney function.
Woman grabbing lower back, experiencing kidney stone pain. Urologists and nephrologists agree: If you have a kidney stone, chances are you won't miss the signs, because they hurt.Many women who've ...
Glomerulonephritis (GN) is a term used to refer to several kidney diseases (usually affecting both kidneys). Many of the diseases are characterised by inflammation either of the glomeruli or of the small blood vessels in the kidneys, hence the name, [1] but not all diseases necessarily have an inflammatory component. [citation needed]
Infection. In some cases, loin pain-haematuria syndrome occurs after a bladder infection with involvement of the kidney. Even when the infection has been treated and bugs can no longer be found in the urine, pain may persist for 6 months, or even longer in some cases. "Classic loin pain-haematuria syndrome".