Dec 28 2008
Glomerulopathies
Nephrology is the medical specialty that deals with the kidney disease, its diagnosis and treatment. In the exercise could distinguish a level of primary health care, with some central issues such as urinary tract infections, hypertension, diseases and lithiasis glomerulopathies. And another very specific, referring to the establishment and management of alternative methods of kidney function (dialysis).
Through records of dialysis and transplantation in the world, we can infer that there are three conditions that determine the most frequent loss of kidney function. They are glomerulopathies, hypertension and diabetes. While the world these diseases are more responsible for the kidney, its distribution is uneven and, especially, Latin America has some differences with other regions of the planet.
The glomerulopathies are pathological processes that affect the glomerulus. We can quote the acute nephritic syndrome (or acute glomerulonephritis) and chronic nephron diseases. Nephrotic syndrome is a set of signs of permeability of the glomerular capillary membrane.
The Latin American Registry of Dialysis and Transplantation accuses these diseases as the most frequent cause of loss of kidney function. Which means that this region is necessary to work much more intensively in the early diagnosis and treatment of these conditions Glomerular.
According to the type of kidney disease that denote the histological study, there are opportunities to implement more effective therapeutic and prevent the development of renal failure that requires alternative methods.
The drugs used to treat these diseases are not exempt from certain risks and side effects, but today can be handled more safely and effectively.