Nephrotic Syndrome (Menacing and Unpredictable)

Nephrotic Syndrome can strike at any moment. Eighty to ninety percent of cases occur with no obvious cause. The reminder occurs in the setting of other well-known illnesses such as SLE (Lupus). While a sizeable proportion of people can recover, a large number go on to develop end-stage kidney disease, requiring dialysis or kidney transplants. Nephrotic syndrome presents with different kidney pathology, depending on race and age. Most cases of nephrotic syndrome in Caucasians present as membranous glomerulonephropathy, whereas in people of African descent focal segmental glomerulosclerosis is the more common pathology. The childhood variant of nephrotic syndrome most frequently presents as minimal change disease. In this video we look at nephrotic syndrome, its symptoms, causes and treatment.
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Content Providers(s): CDC/Dr. Myron Schultz Creation Date: 1975