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Question: how to get images of a child with post streptococcal glomerulonephritis?
Answer: You can go to google home page and type post streptococcal glomerulonephritis, then you click onto images
Question: Does anyone know anything about acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis ? I have done research on line but here is the deal I have had alot of physical issues including the pain and I showed 38 of 45 symptoms for fibro. I am being treated for fibro while getting tested for eveything else. Nothing comes up. Last year I was hospitalized 3 times for kidney infections and cannot drink a soda without having one flair up so I get a call from the dr and she says stop taking the fibro meds cause the last blood test showed positive for strep but she puts me on anti-inflammatory drugs and antibiotics and so I have had these problems for 9 years and I questioned this and she said its just possible that it has went undetected but she never gave me an exact answer but she said to follow up in about a week and we will talk more about whats going on. I got the above diagnosis from researching what drugs that you would be given antibiotics and the anti-inflammatory meds for that are related to strep infection. I know what it says on webmd and other related sites I researched it throughly. I am wondering does anyone have this and if you know about it is it possible that I have this and for 9 years and if I have then what comes next! Thanks
Answer: Do you recall ever having strep throat or skin infection? Glomerulonephritis can occur essentially after any kind of infection. One of the primary functions of the kidneys is to rid the body's waste, which includes infection. A close relative of mine was recently diagnosed with the same after suffering 3 years and one surgery. A new physician (Urologist) and OTC pills stopped the pain after one visit! She has spent a small fortune in the past on prescribed, ineffective drugs. Its been three weeks and she remains pain-free. In three more weeks, she will go for a followup.
Question: Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis how long does it last after treatment of penicillin? 12 yr old boy. Treated with penicillin and diuretics. Why do the urine test positive for blood cells and proteins after 4 weeks? How long will it take to kidney function to return to normal?
Answer: ...post strep glomerulonephritis is an inflammatory response in the kidney due to the body's own immune response (production of antigens and antibodies) to a streptococcal infection somewhere else in the body, usually throat or soft tissue. The appropriate and definitive treatment is penicillin(the BEST antibiotic for hemolytic strep) to rid the body of the acute infection, then diuretics to coax the kidneys back into proper function and reduce edema, along with proper fluid and electrolyte balance check and replacement. In the adult antihypertensives may be needed until the inflammatory process is well into retreat. The pediatric patient's kidney function usually bounces back quicker, but spillage of protein and evidence of the inflammatory immune response lasts weeks maybe even a few months......RARELY chronic renal/kidney dysfunction may develop......sounds like the medical Rx given to the child thus far is in order and appropriate for this relatively rare secondary complication of hemolytic strep infection......................joz......…
Question: How does skin infectios and tonsilitis/pharyngitis lead to post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis? Tonsilitis/pharyngitis and skin infection caused by streptococcus pyogenes. How did the microorganism travel from the throat/skin to the kidneys and cause the disease?
Answer: Untreated Strep throat can cause post-strep glomerulonephritis. Signs and symptoms usually begin 3 weeks after your sore throat. As far as your skin is concerned, you always have bacteria on it. Touch and and then fingers go in the mouth unknowingly. Untreated Strep can also cause rheumatic heart disease.. I had post strep throat glomerulonephritis twice while in I was in nursing school. Unfortuately, it kept me back a year. That was over 30 years ago. I don't know is there is now a strep kit on the market without a prescription, but there should be so people know whether or not they have strep and should be treated. So many sore throats are caused by viruses. When I was younger I had sore throats several times a year. If I ran to the doctor everytime I had a sore throat, I'd have been there all the time. I do know that there is a quick strep test available in a doctors office. 10 years ago, I finally had my tonsils removed. I haven't had a sore throat since. Unfortuantely, untreated strep can cause glomeruolnephritis and rheumatic heart disease.
