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	Nephritis definition - Allergies: Allergy Symptoms, Treatment, and Medications on MedicineNet.com
		Acute nephritis is most commonly caused by hypersensitivity (allergy) to drug therapy.
		Chronic nephritis can similarly be due to a very large number of causes, including drug hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, infections, radiation of the kidney, obstruction of the urinary tract, hypertension (high blood pressure is a very well known cause of chronic nephritis), sickle cell disease, and polycystic disease of the kidney.
		Nephritis also results from metabolic and toxic disorders, including the deposition of urates (uric acid) in the kidney, hypercalcemia (high blood calcium) with deposition of calcium in the kidney, chronic lead intoxication, and cadmium toxicity.
	www.medterms.com /script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4528 (266 words)

	eMedicine - Nephritis, Lupus : Article by Lawrence H Brent, MD
		In the treatment of patients with pediatric lupus nephritis, early therapy to control the disease should be balanced with long-term follow-up to minimize the adverse effects of therapy and the disease complications.
		Pregnant patients with lupus nephritis are prone to preeclampsia.
		Mesangial proliferative lupus nephritis with moderate mesangial hypercellularity.
	www.emedicine.com /med/topic1597.htm (5901 words)

	Dr. Koop - Interstitial nephritis
		Interstitial nephritis is a kidney disorder caused by inflammation of the tubules and the spaces between the tubules and the glomeruli.
		Tubulointerstitial nephritis; Nephritis - interstitial; Acute interstitial (allergic) nephritis
		Interstitial nephritis is associated with analgesic nephropathy, and can also occur with allergic reaction to a drug (acute interstitial allergic nephritis) or as a side effect of medications such as antibiotics (penicillin, ampicillin, methicillin, sulfonamide medications, and others).
	www.drkoop.com /ency/93/000464.html (450 words)

	Symptoms of Nephritis \| Causes of Nephritis
		The main symptoms of acute nephritis are a pain in the kidneys, extending down to the ureters, fever, dull pain the back and scanty and highly coloured urine.
		Nephritis usually follows some streptococcus infection of the throat or an attack of scarlet fever or rheumatic fever.
		The underlying causes of nephritis are the same as for diseases of the kidneys in general, namely wrong food habits, excessive drinking, suppressive medical treatment of some former diseases, the habitual use of chemical agents of all kinds for the treatment of indigestion and other stomach disorders and frequent use of aspirin and other painkillers.
	www.diethealthclub.com /health-issues-and-diet/nephritis.html (332 words)

	Interstitial nephritis
		Interstitial nephritis is a kidney disorder caused by inflammation of the tubules and the spaces between the tubules and the glomeruli.
		Tubulointerstitial nephritis; Nephritis - interstitial; Acute interstitial (allergic) nephritis
		Interstitial nephritis is associated with analgesic nephropathy, and can also occur with allergic reaction to a drug (acute interstitial allergic nephritis) or as a side effect of medications such as antibiotics (penicillin, ampicillin, methicillin, sulfonamide medications, and others).
	www.healthscout.com /ency/article/000464.htm (369 words)

	Nephritis \| AHealthyMe.com
		A third type of nephritis is hereditary nephritis, a rare inherited condition.
		The most common cause of this form of bacterial nephritis is the backward flow of infected urine from the bladder into the upper urinary tract.
		Alternative treatment of nephritis should be used as a complement to medical care and under the supervision of a licensed practitioner.
	www.ahealthyme.com /topic/nephritis (591 words)

	Chronic Kidney Conditions
		Nephritis (pronounced: nih-fryte-us) is an inflammation of the glomeruli, the kidney's filtering units.
		Nephritis may be caused by an infection or by a reaction by the body's immune system that has damaged the kidneys.
		One symptom people with nephritis notice is that their urine can turn brownish from the blood, almost the color of cola.
	www.kidshealth.org /teen/diseases_conditions/urinary/kidney.html (1418 words)

	Resource Library: Find information on Lupus nephritis at MerckSource
		Lupus nephritis is a kidney disorder that is a complication of systemic lupus erythematosus, characterized by damage to the glomerulus and progressive loss of kidney function.
		Lupus nephritis is usually discovered during investigation of the causes of reduced kidney function.
		A kidney biopsy is indicated, not to diagnose lupus nephritis, but to determine what treatment is appropriate for the renal component of SLE.
	www.mercksource.com /ppdocs/us/cns/content/adam/ency/article/000481.htm (648 words)

	Tubulointerstitial Nephritis: Nephritis: Merck Manual Home Edition
		Tubulointerstitial nephritis may be acute or chronic, and it often results in kidney failure.
		When tubulointerstitial nephritis develops gradually, the first symptoms to appear are those of kidney failure, such as itchiness, fatigue, decreased appetite, nausea, vomiting, and difficulty breathing.
		When tubulointerstitial nephritis develops suddenly, the urine may be almost normal, with only a trace of protein or pus, but often the abnormalities are striking.
	www.merck.com /mmhe/sec11/ch144/ch144e.html (564 words)

	LUPUS FOUNDATION OF AMERICA
		Lupus nephritis is an important and potentially serious symptom of lupus.
		The loss of protein in the urine from lupus nephritis may then lead to fluid retention with weight gain and swelling (edema).
		This form of lupus nephritis is rather common and generally does not require any special medical evaluation or treatment.
	www.lupus.org /education/brochures/kidney.html (336 words)

	Interstitial nephritis
		Interstitial nephritis involves inflammation of the spaces between the renal tubules and may include inflammation of the tubules.
		Interstitial nephritis is one of the lesions associated with analgesic nephropathy, and can also occur with allergic reaction to a drug (acute interstitial allergic nephritis) or as a side effect of medications.
		A kidney biopsy confirms the diagnosis of interstitial nephritis and is used to evaluate the extent of damage to the kidney.
	www.adam.com /democontent/hie/ency/article/000464.htm (712 words)

	Nephritis
		The most common cause of this form of bacterial nephritis is the backward flow of infected urine from the bladder into the upper urinary tract.
		Alternative treatment of nephritis should be used as a complement to medical care and under the supervision of a licensed practitioner.
		If hereditary nephritis is not detected or treated, it can lead to complications such as eye problems, deafness or kidney failure.
	www.healthatoz.com /healthatoz/Atoz/ency/nephritis.jsp (601 words)

	NEJM -- Sequential Therapies for Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
		On the road to the optimal treatment of lupus nephritis: are we there yet?.
		Long-term outcome of patients with diffuse proliferative lupus nephritis treated with prednisolone and oral cyclophosphamide followed by azathioprine.
		Gorman, C., Bhatia, A., Rahman, A. This house believes that low-dose intravenous cyclophosphamide is superior to standard high-dose regimes for treatment of lupus nephritis.
	content.nejm.org /cgi/content/abstract/350/10/971 (1286 words)

	Abstract:Lupus Nephritis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		J.M.Cash, MD Despite the widespread use of renal biopsy to guide the treatment of lupus nephritis, the disease can usually be diagnosed and managed on the basis of its clinical presentation alone.
		Physicians can distinguish clinically mild lupus nephritis, the nephrotic syndrome, or the nephritic syndrome on the basis of the urine sediment, urine protein excretion, serum albumin and creatinine concentrations, and creatinine clearance, and can initiate treatment on the basis of this information, rather than performing a renal biopsy.
		It may be prudent to reserve renal biopsy for situations that arise later in the course of lupus nephritis, such as failure to respond to therapy based on the initial clinical presentation.
	www.ccjm.org /abstracts/marabs2.htm (246 words)

	Alport's Syndrome - Patient UK
		It accounts for 3% of chronic renal failure in childhood and is the most common of several types of hereditary nephritis.
		Type II is X-linked dominant, juvenile type nephritis with hearing loss (caused by mutations of the COL4A5 gene for alpha-5 chain of basement membrane (Type IV) collagen).
		Type VI is autosomal dominant, juvenile type nephritis with hearing loss (caused in at least some cases by mutations in COL4A3 and COL4A4 genes for alpha-3 and -4 chains of basement membrane (Type IV) collagen.
	www.patient.co.uk /showdoc/40001344 (677 words)

	Interstitial Nephritis -- familydoctor.org (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Interstitial nephritis (say: in-ter-stih-shul nef-rye-tus) is a kidney disorder.
		Interstitial nephritis can be caused by infections, some medicines and conditions that affect the immune system such as lupus.
		If a medicine is causing your interstitial nephritis, your doctor will probably have you stop taking the medicine or prescribe a different one.
	familydoctor.org /818.xml (352 words)

	MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Lupus nephritis
		Lupus nephritis is one complication of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
		Renal failure may be severe enough to require dialysis even if no other symptoms of SLE are present.
		A kidney transplant may be recommended to treat kidney failure resulting from lupus nephritis.
	www.nlm.nih.gov /medlineplus/ency/article/000481.htm (739 words)

	Lupus Nephritis (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Lupus nephritis is an inflammation of the kidney caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a disease of the immune system.
		Lupus nephritis may cause weight gain, high blood pressure, dark urine, or swelling around the eyes, legs, ankles, or fingers.
		Lupus nephritis is also classified as a glomerular disease.
	kidney.niddk.nih.gov /kudiseases/pubs/lupusnephritis/index.htm (753 words)

	Nephritis - WrongDiagnosis.com
		Join in at the Nephritis forums - ask a question or share an experience.
		The 'prognosis' of Nephritis usually refers to the likely outcome of Nephritis.
		The prognosis of Nephritis may include the duration of Nephritis, chances of complications of Nephritis, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Nephritis, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Nephritis.
	www.wrongdiagnosis.com /n/nephritis/intro.htm (619 words)

	Hereditary Nephritis (HN) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HN is a problem of growing concern in the United States and throughout the world, according to the Hereditary Nephritis Foundation and to researchers at the University of Utah.
		HN is a group of inherited kidney diseases.
		The Foundation has three primary objectives: to inform the public about HN; to raise money for continued research to combat the disease; and to be a support group for affected families.
	www.cc.utah.edu /~cla6202/What.htm (317 words)

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