DISEASES RELATED TO KIDNEY
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Anuria – Failure of kidney to form urine.
Oligouria – is less urine output.
Haematuria – Presence of blood cells in urine.
Aminoaciduria – Urine with amino acids like cystine, glycine, etc.
Dysuria – Painful urination.
Polyuria – Increased urine volume as in Diabetes insipidus and mellitus.
Nocturia – Increased volume of urine at night.
Diabetes mellitus – Sugar appear in urine due to hyposecretion of insulin.
Diabetes incipidus – Tasteless more urine passing due to hyposecretion of A.D.H. Cystitis – Inflammation of urinary bladder.
Gout – Painful great toe (arthiritis) due to deposition of uric acid. Oedema – Increased volume of interstitial fluid.
Polynephritis – Inflammation of large number of nephrons.
Renal stone – Stone formation in the nephrons of kidney due to accumulation of mainly calcium oxalates some phosphates and uric acid.
Bright disease – Characterised by nephritis caused by streptococal infection.
Ptosis – Displacement of kidney.
Nephrotic syndrome – Presence of massive amounts of proteins specially albumin causes edema (accumulation of fluid in interstitial space) and hyperlipidemia (High blood level of cholesterol, phopholipids and triglycerides).