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Glomerulonephritis
Nephrology · Urological
Moderate
Severity
Uncommon — a relatively infrequent cause of kidney disease overall, though it is an important cause in children and young adults
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Nephrology
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by immune system-related damage to the kidney's filtering units
- 2triggered by infections such as streptococcal throat or skin infections
- 3autoimmune diseases such as lupus
- 4IgA nephropathy
- 5or vasculitis
- 6or
- 7less commonly
- 8inherited conditions affecting kidney structure. The immune response involved can directly attack the kidney tissue or cause immune complexes to deposit within the glomeruli
- 9triggering inflammation and damage. Certain infections
- 10particularly untreated streptococcal infections
- 11are a well-recognised trigger for acute glomerulonephritis
- 12especially in children.
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