Chronic glomerulonephritis is a seriousa disease leading to kidney failure. People who are given this diagnosis, as a rule, do not take it seriously, because at first its symptoms do not bother them.
Often patients turn to the doctor when the disease has gone very far and they are diagnosed with renal failure (chronic). Then only hemodialysis or organ transplant can help.
In general, chronic glomerulonephritis hasimmune nature. He has a prolonged course with the defeat of both kidneys. Between detection of the first changes in urinalysis and the appearance of renal failure (chronic), it may take 20 years.
Provoke chronic glomerulonephritis can stress, trauma, hypothermia, tonsillitis, SARS. Its manifestations depend on the activity and form of the disease.
So, chronic glomerulonephritis symptoms:
Their severity and combination may be different.Over time, the disease leads to impaired renal function. They stop coping with the excretion of the products of their vital activity and excess fluid from the body. How quickly this happens depends on the activity of the process, determined by the severity of the symptoms of the disease.
The fact is that in the inflammatory processthere is scarring. A chronic glomerulonephritis leads to the fact that they occur on the tissue of the kidneys, which after that can not work normally.
With active form of kidney diseaseInsufficiency may appear in a few years. A person with a diagnosis of chronic glomerulonephritis, whose treatment should not always be carried out, should be under the constant supervision of the nephrologist. Only he can determine the activity of the process, and if it is high, take the necessary measures.
Sometimes for this purpose it is necessary to make a biopsy of the kidney.Under the supervision of ultrasound, a thin piece of tissue is taken by a thin special needle, which is studied to determine the stage, severity and form of the inflammatory process. This manipulation is absolutely safe, but it helps the doctor decide on the tactics and the need for treatment, in which serious medications are prescribed. Its main goal is to reduce the activity of the process and the likelihood of developing renal failure (chronic).
Treatment lasts from 4 months to 2 years.It is carried out both in a hospital and outpatient, but necessarily under the supervision of a nephrologist. After obtaining good results, the specialist should continue his observation. With an inactive form of the disease, which does not require treatment, you should regularly do tests, check blood pressure and visit a doctor.
Because it can begin to develop rapidly, andThe patient's condition will be very good. A specialist on the results of tests and other symptoms will be able to suspect the problems that have begun. Therefore, only observation from a qualified nephrologist from the very beginning of the disease will allow to preserve health and life.
In its development, chronic glomerulonephritis passes through the following stages:
At the last stage, creatine and ureaaccumulate in the blood, because the kidneys can not withdraw them. The patient develops intoxication, uremia. In this case, thirst, vomiting, nausea, headache, weakness, skin and tongue dry, diarrhea, degeneration of organs appear. Appears from the mouth smell of ammonia and comes uremichekaya coma in severe cases.
So, chronic glomerulonephritis is a seriousa disease that requires observation from a specialist. Treatment should be carried out if it is actively developing, because it uses strong drugs that depress the immune system.
