Glomerulonephritis: Symptoms

Inflammation of the glomeruli. Most often, it is caused by an autoimmune disease, but it can also result from infection.

Part of: Glomerulonephritis

About Glomerulonephritis Symptoms

The signs and symptoms of glomerular disease include

albuminuria: large amounts of protein in the urine hematuria: blood in the urine reduced glomerular filtration rate: inefficient filtering of wastes from the blood hypoproteinemia: low blood protein edema: swelling in parts of the body

One or more of these symptoms can be the first sign of kidney disease. But how would you know, for example, whether you have proteinuria? Before seeing a doctor, you may not. But some of these symptoms have signs, or visible manifestations:

Proteinuria may cause foamy urine. Blood may cause the urine to be pink or cola-colored. Edema may be obvious in hands and ankles, especially at the end of the day, or around the eyes when awakening in the morning, for example.

NIH – National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases