What is Nephritis?

What is Nephritis?

• Nephritis: Any type of kidney inflammation.
• Nephritis: an inflammation of the kidney.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Nephritis: Introduction

Types of Nephritis:

Types of Nephritis:

• Acute nephritis
• Chronic nephritis
• Glomerulonephritis
• Primary glomerulonephritis
• Autoimmune nephritis
• Lupus nephritis
• Pyelonephritis
• Interstitial nephritis
• more types...»

Broader types of Nephritis:

• Urinary tract infections
• Kidney conditions
• Kidney disease
• Urinary system conditions
• Inflammatory conditions that may be pathogenic or non-pathogenic
• more types...»

How serious is Nephritis?

Average life years lost for Nephritis: 11.6 years for nephritis/nephrosis (SEER)¹; 13.3 for nephritis/nephrotic syndrome/nephrosis in North Carolina².
Deaths for Nephritis: 39,480 in USA 2001 (CDC)

What causes Nephritis?

Causes of Nephritis: see causes of Nephritis

What are the symptoms of Nephritis?

Symptoms of Nephritis: see symptoms of Nephritis

Nephritis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Nephritis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Nephritis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Nephritis: see treatments for Nephritis
Alternative treatments for Nephritis: see alternative treatments for Nephritis
Research for Nephritis: see research for Nephritis

Society issues for Nephritis

Hospitalization statistics for Nephritis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Nephritis:

• 0.015% (1,916) of hospital consultant episodes were for acute tubulo-intersititial nephritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 80% of hospital consultant episodes for acute tubulo-intersititial nephritis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 17% of hospital consultant episodes for acute tubulo-intersititial nephritis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 83% of hospital consultant episodes for acute tubulo-intersititial nephritis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 95% of hospital consultant episodes for acute tubulo-intersititial nephritis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 5.2 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for acute tubulo-intersititial nephritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for acute tubulo-intersititial nephritis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Organs Affected by Nephritis:

Organs and body systems related to Nephritis include:

• Kidney

Name and Aliases of Nephritis

Main name of condition: Nephritis

Acute interstitial (allergic) nephritis

Bright's disease
Source - WordNet 2.1

Nephritis: Related Conditions

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Nephritis:

• Bright disease
• Interstitial nephritis
• Tubulointerstitial disease
• Tubulointerstitial nephritis
• TIN
• Hypertension
• Hematuria
• Edema
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• SLE
• Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
• Membranoproliferative GN

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