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Nephritis what is it?
It is an inflammatory condition of kidneys caused by diabetes, lupus ,infections and other kidney related diseases.
What is lupus disease?
Nephritis is a condition of the kidneys that is acquired due to having lupus. Lupus is an autoimmune disease in which your immune system goes awry and attacks your own tissues. Your immune system can attack your skin and other organs including your kidneys. When this happens you get lupus nephritis. Approximately 50% - 80% of people with lupus will have their kidneys affected during the disease. There are five classes of lupus nephritis from Class I to Class V with Class IV being the most severe form. The less severe forms of nephritis are often treated with anti-inflammatories such as prednisone and the more severe forms are treated with Cytoxan and Cellcept.
What is a nephritis?
Acute means extreme. Nephritis means inflammation of the kidney. About half of all lupus patients have nephritis. Lupus nephritis is very serious and should be treated immediately.
Can you have lupus nephritis and no other lupus?
Lupus nephritis is one of the common (40%) complications of systemic lupus erythematosus. The other types of lupus are neonatal (affecting newborns), discoid or cutaneous (affecting the skin and hair), and drug induced (which subsides when the offending drug is withdrawn). If you have lupus nephritis, then you have lupus.
What is a acute nephritis?
Acute means extreme. Nephritis means inflammation of the kidney. About half of all lupus patients have nephritis. Lupus nephritis is very serious and should be treated immediately.
How does Lupus Nephritis affect other organs and systems?
skin, muscular, skeletal, heart, lungs, kidneys, brain...possibly others.
What is lupus of kidney?
Lupus nephritis, or lupus that affects the kidney, occurs in about 40% of systemic lupus cases. Either the immune system mistakenly attacks the kidneys or immune complexes from autoimmune activity elsewhere in the body get deposited in the kidneys, causing inflammation. The result is that the person "spills" protein and cellular casts into the urine. Protein is supposed to be filtered out of the urine and returned to the blood. There are no symptoms of lupus nephritis in the early stages. In progressive stages the patient may have an increase in blood pressure and equal swelling in both lower extremities. Regular urinalysis is the best way to catch lupus nephritis early when it is easiest to treat. The specific type of lupus nephritis is determined by a kidney biopsy. The type or classification determines the treatment plan.
What is nephritis?
Nephritis is inflammation of the kidney. About half of all lupus patients have lupus nephritis (kidney disease). A kidney biopsy is done to determine which classification and which level so that appropriate treatment can be prescribed. There are six World Health Organization classificationsfor lupus nephritis with the first one being "no disease."
Is nephritis hereditory?
Nephritis occurs in about 40-50% of systemic lupus erythematosus patients. If a person does not have lupus in the first place, then they will not develop lupus nephritis. Lupus itself is not directly hereditary. People inherit just the right combination of genes to presdispose them to developing lupus, but something has to trigger the autoimmune reaction. In studies of genetically identical twins lupus develops in both twins only 30% of the time, thereby demonstrating that lupus is not totally inherited.
What is nephritis of pregnancy?
It is pregnancy when the woman has Nephritis( a kind of lupus). Pregnancy should be avoided if at all possible if the mother has lupus. Here is an article about it.http://www.emedicine.com/med/topic1597.htm
What is the cause of nephritis?
Nephritis can be caused by infection or by a predisposition, inherited. Strep throat or bladder infections can lead to the condition and can be treated with antibiotics. Lupus sufferers can get a remission but not a cure. Only a certified medical person can be certain.
Is SLE caused due to excess protein in the urine?
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks healthy tissues, organs, and cells. Protein in the urine (proteinuria) can occur in some individuals with SLE due to kidney involvement (lupus nephritis), but it is not the primary cause of the disease. Both genetic and environmental factors play a role in the development of SLE.
