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Minimal change disease

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}} Minimal change disease or nil disease (lipoid nephrosis) is a disease of the kidneywhich causes nephrotic syndromeand usually affects children (peak incidence at 2-3 years of age).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Symptoms
2 Causes
3 Treatment
4 Other notes
5 External links

Symptoms

The symptoms are proteinuria(leakage of protein into the urine) and water retention. There are other kidney diseases that have these same symptoms but a needle biopsyshows change in the kidney tissue if these other diseases are present.

Causes

Minimal change disease can be associated with food allergies, medications, or hematologic malignancies, or it can occur idiopathically. The pathology does not appear to involve complement, immunoglobulins, or immune complex deposition. Rather, an altered cell-mediated immunologic response with abnormal secretion of lymphokines by T cells is thought to reduce the production of anions in the glomerular basement membrane, thereby increasing the glomerular permeability to plasma albumin through a reduction of electrostatic repulsion. The loss of anionic charges is also thought to favor foot process fusion. With minimal change disease the kidney tissue appears normal.

Treatment

Prednisoneis prescribed along with a blood pressure medication and an antibiotic, as prednisone depresses the immune system. Often the liver is overactive with minimal change disease and over produces cholesterol. Therefore a statindrug is often prescibed for the duration of the treatment. When the urine is clear of protein, the drugs can be discontinued.

Other notes

30% of those who get minimal change disease have a reoccurence. Some authors have noted that other conditions associated with T-cell abnormalities, such as Hodgkin's diseaseand T-cell lymphoma, are sometimes associated with minimal change disease.

External links

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