Glomerular Diseases: What Is It, Causes, Symptoms Treatment Glomerular disease is the result of conditions that affect a specific part of your kidney called glomeruli Glomeruli are the tiny network of blood vessels that are the “cleaning units” of your kidney They filter waste and remove extra fluids from your blood
Glomerular Disease - NIDDK Glomerular disease is a condition that can damage your kidneys The disease attacks tiny filters in your kidneys, called glomeruli, where your blood is cleaned Damaged glomeruli can allow proteins and sometimes red blood cells to leak into your urine One of the proteins in your blood is albumin
Glomerular Disease - UNC Kidney Center Diseases that injure glomeruli (plural for glomerulus) are called glomerular diseases Laboratory analysis of the urine from people who have glomerular disease often shows protein in the urine (proteinuria) and blood in the urine (hematuria)
Glomerulonephritis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic When blood flows into a glomerulus, tiny bits, called molecules, of water, minerals and nutrients, and wastes pass through the capillary walls Large molecules, such as proteins and red blood cells, do not The part that's filtered then passes into another part of the nephron called the tubule