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Causes and Management of Proteinuria In Glomerulonephritis

2013-08-04 14:58

Causes and Management of Proteinuria In GlomerulonephritisAs the dominant symptom of Glomerulonephritis, proteinuria not only helps to reflect the severity of illness condition, but also accelerates illness progression if not treated well. For this reason, knowing about the cause and management of proteinuria in Glomerulonephritis is very essential.

Causes of proteinuria in Glomerulonephritis

Proteinuria is a term used to describe a medical condition in which excessive protein leak into urine. It is a dominant clinical manifestation of Glomerulonephritis, as kidney is responsible for preserving protein in urine.

In our kidney, there is glomerular filtration membrane which plays a crucial part in filtering blood. When This membrane perform filtration function through mechanical barrier and charge barrier. For patients with Glomerulonephritis, this filtration membrane is damaged easily by inflammation. Generally speaking, proteinuria occurs when glomerular filtration membrane fails to preserve protein in urine effectively.

Management of proteinuria in Glomerulonephritis

For Glomerulonephritis patients, to manage proteinuria well, they need to:

1. Adjust protein intake

High protein intake increases kidney burden, which may cause further kidney damages and aggravate proteinuria. Therefore, adjusting protein intake is very essential for Glomerulonephritis patients to control proteinuria. Besides, in daily life, they can ingest some high quality protein to replenish the protein lost in urine.

2. Tight control of blood pressure

In Glomerulonephritis, high blood pressure is not the cause of protein in urine, but if left control, it will worsen illness condition and proteinuria. Tight control of blood pressure plays an important part for patients to delay kidney failure.

3. Blocking of inflammation

Inflammation is the direct cause of damaged glomerular filtration membrane. Only when inflammation is blocked effectively, can protein in urine be reduced successfully.

4. Prevention of cold and infection

In many cases of Glomerulonephritis, proteinuria becomes extremely serious due to cold and infection which are the leading two causes of relapse of illness. Therefore, active prevention of cold and infection is also necessary for Glomerulonephritis.

Anything unclear about causes and management of proteinuria in Glomerulonephritis, please consult our consultant online directly. Also, you can leave message to kidneycares@hotmaill.com if they are too busy to answer any of your question.


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