What Are the Dominant Symptoms of Chronic Glomerular Nephritis

Just as its name implies, Chronic Glomerular Nephritis means there is inflammation in glomeruli. Chronic Glomerular Nephritis may occur when patients are at any age and with the occurrence of it, there usually is a group of abnormal symptoms. The following is the general introduction about symptoms caused by Chronic Glomerular Nephritis, and hope you have a general understanding about this disease after reading it.

The dominant symptoms of Chronic Glomerular Nephritis include:

1. Protein in urine

Protein in urine is the leading symptom of Chronic Glomerular Nephritis. Glomerular filtration membrane is responsible fore filtering blood and once it is damaged, protein leak out. Protein in urine is manifested as foamy urine, so people can found there are lots of foams in their urine once Chronic Glomerular Nephritis is diagnosed.

2. Blood urine

Blood urine is clinically called hematuria and can be divided into two types: gross hematuria and microscopic hematuria. Therefore, in some cases of Chronic Glomerular Nephritis, blood urine needs to be diagnosed with microscope.

3. High blood pressure

High blood pressure can be caused by Chronic Glomerular Nephritis and in turn, it can accelerate kidney disease. Therefore, bringing blood pressure under control is very essential for Chronic Glomerular Nephritis patients.

4. Swelling

In cases of Chronic Glomerular Nephritis, swelling symptom can be caused by great loss of protein in urine, also can be caused by retention of sodium and water. Swelling is a visible symptom and with swelling symptom, Chronic Glomerular Nephritis patients need to limit fluid intake and salt intake as they may worsen swelling.

These are the dominant symptoms of Chronic Glomerular Nephritis. Aside from them, other symptoms like fatigue, anemia and poor appetite may occur when Chronic Glomerular Nephritis develops to a certain stage. Chronic Glomerular Nephritis develops to kidney failure if uncontrolled, so if you or someone you know have some or all the symptoms, going to hospital for examination is necessary.