NEPHRITIS: TYPES, CAUSES AND TREATMENT - DEGENERATIVE DISEASES

What Nephritis Is and How to Identify



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Nephritis is a set of diseases that cause inflammation of the kidney glomeruli, which are structures of the kidneys responsible for eliminating toxins and other components of the body, such as water and minerals. In these cases the kidney has less ability to filter the blood. The main types of nephritis that are related to the affected renal part or to the cause that causes it, are: Glomerulonephritis , in which inflammation primarily affects the first part of the filtration apparatus, the glomerulus, which may be acute or chronic; Interstitial nephritis or tubulointerstitial nephritis , in whi