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Nephrotic syndrome is one of the most common types of kidney diseases in clinic and it is more common among children and adolescents. It usually occurs after upper respiratory tract infection, skin infection, over-tiredness or catching a co...Read More
Under normal circumstance there can be protein in urine, but the amount is very small (daily discharge of protein is less than 150mg) because of the filtration function of the glomeruli and the re-absorption function of the renal tubules an...Read More
Nephrotic syndrome is characterized by large amount of proteinuria (protein in urine) and it is well known that the protein leakage is caused by kidney damages while most do not know that long term proteinuria will in turn cause damages to...Read More
Massive proteinuria (more than 3.5g/d) is the significant sign of nephrotic syndrome and the leaked protein in urine is mainly albumin and there are other plasma proteins. The increased permeability of glomerular basement membrane is the ro...Read More
Nephrotic-related swelling makes tissue puffy, soft, and impressionable to the touch. Edema is most common in the legs and feet, especially after standing all day. It can cause feelings of tightness in the extremities and may affect mobilit...Read More
Hypoalbuminemia is a low level of albumin in blood due to proteinuria. Low albumin in the blood causes fluid to move from blood into tissues, thus causing swelling. The kidney perceives the decrease of fluid in the blood and aggressively re...Read More
The main feature of Nephrotic Syndrome is that the kidneys leak a lot of proteins. Normally, urine contains virtually no protein. In Nephrotic Syndrome, the urine contains large amounts of protein. What happens is that filters in the kidney...Read More
Nephrotic Syndrome is a set of clinical symptoms caused by a lot of reasons. Here the emphasis is focused on the introduction of Nephotic Syndrome complication. The first and most common complication is infection , which includes upper resp...Read More
