An uncommon and life-threatening hypersensitivity disorder
believed to be an autoimmune process related to antibody formation
in the body. Goodpasture's syndrome is characterized by renal
(kidney) disease and lung hemorrhage
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Pallor, fatigue, blood in urine, and bloody septum
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Albert Virgil Goodpasture has written:
'Life of Jefferson Dillard Goodpasture' -- subject(s):
History
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No known prevention of Goodpasture's syndrome exists. People
should avoid glue sniffing and the siphoning gasoline. Stopping
smoking, if a family history of renal failure exists, may prevent
some cases
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