Acute Glomerulonephritis Quiz
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What is acute glomerulonephritis?
A type of kidney inflammation causing blood or protein in the urine. This can happen after an episode of tonsillitis (tonsil infection). It is caused by a bacteria, and affects all ages from young to old.
Symptoms of acute glomerulonephritis
Swelling of any body part
Decrease in urine volume
Bloody or red urine
Loss of appetite
Unintentional weight gain of more than 2 kg/month
Facial swelling
Common cold or stomach flu symptoms before the fever appeared
Questions your doctor may ask to check for acute glomerulonephritis
Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose acute glomerulonephritis
Do you have any swelling in any part of your body?
Are you passing less urine?
Have you ever had red or brown urine (hematuria)?
Do you have less or no appetite, therefore eat less food?
Do you have unintentional weight gain of more than 2 kgs in one month?
Treatment for acute glomerulonephritis
This condition sometimes gets better by itself. The doctor may prescribe antibiotics to treat any related bacterial infection, or immune suppressing drugs to control inflammation. In severe cases, hospitalization or dialysis may be temporarily needed while the kidney recovers.
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Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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