Symptoms of Acute Glomerularnephritis

Acute Glomerularnephritis is commonly occurs after respiratory tract infection, skin infection and other infections. The symptoms of Acute Glomerularnephritis vary from different patients enormously. Usually, the patients have the following symptoms

1. Edema

Edema is an early symptom of Acute Glomerularnephritis with about 70%~90% of incidence. Most patients have eyelid edema in the morning. What’s worse, some patients even have ascetic fluid.

2. Oliguria

In most cases, their urine output volume is less than 500 ml per day, which can cause azotemia. Usually, their urine output increases gradually and their renal function may recover. However, a minority of patients (<5%) of patients can develop oliguria into anuria, which prove that they have renal parenchyma lesions.

3. Hypertension

About 39%~80% of patients with Acute Glomerularnephritis have high blood pressure. Usually, their blood pressure can recover normal in1~2 weeks with the increasing of urine output volume. If their blood pressure is too high or increases at a fast speed, they should watch out for cerebropathy. The higher the blood pressure is, the more serious the renal parenchymal damage is.

4. Hematuria

Onset of Acute Glomerularnephritis, nearly all patients have hematuria, among which, 50%~70% of patients have gross hematuria. Usually, gross hematuria changes into microscopic hematuria one or two weeks later. Generally speaking, the microscopic hematuria can last for one to three months.

5. Proteinuria

For nearly all patients with Acute Glomerularnephritis, their proteinuria results show positive. Usually, their proteinuria are not serious and the urine protein quantity is within in 0.5~3.5 per day. However, less than 20% of patients may develop Nephritic Syndrome with more than 3.5 grams of protein loss in urine.

Besides the above symptoms, some patients may have Acute Renal Failure and some even have serious poor appetite, vomit, headache and dull pain in back and so on.

If people have the above symptoms after infections, they had better go to see a nephrologist at once so as to receive early inspection and early treatment. If you have the above symptoms, but do not know the casus, you can consult us on line or email to kidney-treatment@hotmail.com. Hope our endeavor can give your disease an improvement.