Question | Answer |
What are some sign and symptoms of nephrosis? | loss of excessive amount of protein in urine, plasma lipid levels elevated, lethargic, depressed, loss of appetite, pale, puffy eyes, swollen ankles, and gain weight |
What is the cause of nephrosis? | attack of glomerulonephritis or exposure to toxins, drugs, pregnancy, or kidney transplant |
What is Diabetic Nephropathy? | it refers to the renal changes resulting from diabetes mellitus |
What is the disease that encompasses a group of symptoms referred to as the protein-losing kidney... | nephrotic syndrome |
What are risk factors of renal cell carcinoma? | smoking, obesity, dialysis patients, and prolonged exposure to chemicals |
What is the dysfunction of urinary bladder control that consist of either difficulty emptying the bladder or urinary incontinence? | Neurologic bladder |
What is a similarity between Neurologic bladder and stress incontinence? | Incontinence |
What are some triggers that can cause leakage with stress incontinence? | laughing, sneezing, coughing, stretching, and running |
What is the most common cause of stress incontinence? | trauma during childbirth; hormonal changes of aging; obesity; or medications; weakening of the pelvic floor muscles and the urethral structure |
What is the cause of acute glomerulonephritis? | infection caused by group A beta hemolytic |
What are signs and symptoms of glomerulonephritis? | protein in urine, edema, decreased urine volume |
What is chronic glomerulonephritis? | slow progressive noninfectious disease that can lead to irreversible renal damage and renal failure |
What are abnormal findings of urine? | very pale, cloudy, reddish/brown, smells fishy and foul |
What is the functions of the urinary system? | producing, storing, and excretion of urine |
what is a drug promotes the production of urine? | diuretic |
What is puss in the urine called? | pyuria |
What is blood in the urine called? | hematuria |
What is the excess of urea called? | azotemia |
Is the treatment for diabetic glomerulosclerosis the same for everyone? | no |
Urine is stored in the? | bladder |
What is the most common type of renal disease? | pyelonephritis |
The weakening of the pelvic floor muscles and urethral structure is called? | enuresis |
Solvents, heavy metals, antibiotics, pesticides, and mushrooms are known to cause? | renal damage |
What is dialysis? | a procedure to remove waste products from the blood of patients whose kidneys no longer function |
Pyelonephritis is the? | inflammation of the kidney and its pelvis caused by bacterial infection |