Key facts
- Specialty
- Nephrology
- Symptoms
- Swelling , weight gain, feeling tired, foamy urine
- Complications
- Blood clots , infections, high blood pressure
- Causes
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis , membranous nephropathy , minimal change disease , diabetes , lupus
- Diagnostic method
- Urine testing , kidney biopsy
- Differential diagnosis
- Nephritic syndrome , cirrhosis , severe malnutrition
- Treatment
- Directed at underlying cause
- Frequency
- 5 per 100,000 per year
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Research
27,981 papers- Nephrotic Syndrome.Primary care · 2020
- Nephrotic Syndrome for the Internist.
Article
Nephrotic syndrome is a collection of symptoms due to kidney damage. This includes protein in the urine, low blood albumin levels, high blood lipids, and significant swelling. Other symptoms may include weight gain, feeling tired, and foamy urine. Complications may include blood clots, infections, and high blood pressure.
Causes include a number of kidney diseases such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, membranous nephropathy, and minimal change disease. It may also occur as a complication of diabetes, lupus, or amyloidosis. The underlying mechanism typically involves damage to the glomeruli of the kidney. Diagnosis is typically based on urine testing and sometimes a kidney biopsy. It differs from nephritic syndrome in that there are no red blood cells in the urine.