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Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis - Symptom

Alternative Names

Segmental glomerulosclerosis; Focal sclerosis with hyalinosis

Symptoms:

  • Foamy urine
  • Poor appetite
  • Swelling of the body, called generalized edema, from retained fluids
  • Weight gain

Signs and tests:

The health care provider will perform and physicla examination. This condition is diagnosed based on edema and elevated blood pressure. Signs of kidney (renal) failure and associated fluid overload may develop as the condition gets worse.

Tests may include:

  • Reviewed last on: 5/20/2009
  • Parul Patel, MD, Private Practice specializing in Nephrology and Kidney and Pancreas Transplantation, Affiliated with California Pacific Medical Center, Department of Transplantation, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Nachman PH, Jennette JC, Falk, RJ. Primary Glomerular Disease. In: Brenner BM, ed. Brenner and Rector's The Kidney. 8th ed. Philadelphia, Pa; Saunders Elsevier; 2007: chap 30.

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