How to differentiate acute and chronic glomerulonephritis

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I got acute glomerulonephritis. Recently, my body has been very weak. I feel that I don't have any spirit. Moreover, my face edema is quite serious. I went to have an examination last time, and the doctor said it was chronic glomerulonephritis. I was a little confused. Let's learn how to differentiate acute and chronic glomerulonephritis.

How to differentiate acute and chronic glomerulonephritis

The first step: the diagnosis of acute and chronic nephritis is based on the time of the disease. If nephritis is delayed for more than one year to diagnose chronic nephritis, you can't diagnose chronic nephritis at the present time. Those with one year as the boundary, those with more than one year belong to chronic nephritis, rather than the severity of kidney disease. Your current situation is still acute nephritis.

The second step: acute attack of chronic glomerulonephritis occurs in adults, and has a history of glomerulonephritis or obvious hematuria (gross hematuria or microscopic hematuria), proteinuria, edema, hypertension and other symptoms in the past. Patients with acute glomerulonephritis have no history of kidney disease, and have a history of upper respiratory tract infection, tonsillitis, scarlet fever or skin pyogenesis and other streptococcal infection 1-4 weeks before the onset.

The third step: the acute attack of chronic glomerulonephritis is more than the infection as the inducement, and the clinical symptoms appear within 1-2 days, and most of them have severe anemia and persistent hypertension, so they are often accompanied by heart and fundus changes, the specific gravity of urine is fixed, sometimes there is wide tubular renal failure in the urine, and the condition of the disease is protracted. After 4-6 weeks, the symptoms can not completely disappear, and the acute glomerulonephritis is often in the chain Hematuria, edema, hypertension and other symptoms appeared 1-3 weeks after infection.

matters needing attention

No matter acute or chronic, patients with glomerulonephritis should develop good living habits, work and rest, avoid overwork and overwork. When the condition is stable, they should not forget themselves. They should exercise appropriately to enhance their resistance to disease. Those whose renal function has been damaged should avoid using nephrotoxic drugs.