Glomerular Diseases: What Is It, Causes, Symptoms Treatment Glomerular diseases affect the filtering units of your kidney, the glomeruli Symptoms include foamy urine, pink urine, high blood pressure and swelling in your face, hands, ankles or feet Many diseases can cause glomerular disease
Glomerulus (kidney) - Wikipedia The glomerulus (pl : glomeruli) is a network of small blood vessels (capillaries) known as a tuft, located at the beginning of a nephron in the kidney Each of the two kidneys contains about one million nephrons The tuft is structurally supported by the mesangium (the space between the blood vessels), composed of intraglomerular mesangial cells
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 – Glomerulonephritis Glomerulosclerosis | Ohio . . . Glomerular disease can be caused by an infection or drug that harms your kidneys or other conditions, such as lupus or diabetes Sometimes, there’s no known reason for glomerular disease Each main category of glomerular disease has some identifiable causes
Glomerulonephritis - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic Glomerulonephritis (gloe-MER-u-loe-nuh-FRY-tis) is inflammation of the tiny filters in the kidneys (glomeruli) The excess fluid and waste that glomeruli (gloe-MER-u-lie) remove from the bloodstream exit the body as urine Glomerulonephritis can come on suddenly (acute) or gradually (chronic)
Glomerular Disease - UNC Kidney Center Glomerular Disease 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)
Glomerular disease - Nephrology | Northwell Health What is glomerular disease? Glomerular disease refers to various diseases, including glomerulosclerosis and chronic and acute glomerulonephritis Kidneys are made up of millions of nephrons that filter and remove fluid and waste from the kidneys and turn it into urine