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Organ Systems Affected By Nephropathy
- Diabetic Nephropathy
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Prevention
The best way to prevent diabetic nephropathy is to control your blood sugar. In addition, your blood pressure should be monitored frequently, and blood pressure should be kept below a peak level (systolic pressure, the âtopâ blood pressure number) of 130 millimeters of mercury (mmHg), and kept below a bottom number (diastolic pressure) of 80mmHg. These goal numbers for blood pressure are lower than the numbers that are used for people who do not have diabetes.
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IgA nephropathy (Bergers disease)
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Nephropathy refers to damage, disease , or other abnormalities of the kidney. IgA nephropathy is a kidney disorder in which antibodies to a protein... Read more »
Systemic
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Systemic means "affecting the entire body," rather than a single organ or body part. For example, systemic disorders such as high blood pressure or... Read more »
Analgesic nephropathy
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Analgesic nephropathy involves damage to one or both kidneys caused by overexposure to mixtures of medications, especially over-the-counter pain... Read more »
Reflux nephropathy
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Chronic atrophic pyelonephritis; Vesicoureteric reflux; Nephropathy - reflux; Ureteral refluxPreventionQuickly treating conditions that cause reflux... Read more »
Reflux nephropathy
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Reflux nephropathy is a condition in which the kidneys are damaged by the backward flow of urine into the kidney.Alternative NamesChronic atrophic... Read more »
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