Symptoms Of FSGS
FSGS is a kidney disease which often occurs in youth and children. The symptoms of FSGS patients have its own features, which is caused by the primary lesions on glomeruli, and patients mainly present as nephrotic syndrome.
Proteinuria is a common symptom in patients with FSGS, and about more than tow-thirds patients may have proteinuria. The amount of leaked protein can be 1~30g/d. Patients may have foams in their urine, which is caused by their proteinuria, and some patients may have no obvious symptom except for little proteinuria in their urine test.
Edema
Lots of patients with FSGS have severe edema, which is mainly caused by the loss of protein. When the proteinuria is less than 3.5g/d, the edema in FSGS patients will not be very severe. On the other hand, it can also be caused by the retention of sodium and water, which often appears in patients with kidney disease.
More than half of FSGS patients have hematuria, which mainly presents as microscopic hematuria. Some patients may also have gross hematuria, and patients will find the color of their urine is red in these cases.
Hypertension
Patients with FSGS often have slight and continuous hypertension, and the occurrence rate of this symptom in children is relatively low than it in youth patients. Hypertension is a complication of FSGS, and it can also aggravate patients’ condition.
Kidney insufficiency
patients with FSGS often have kidney insufficiency, which can cause many other complications to patients, and the kidney insufficiency may progress into kidney failure.
These above are the common symptoms in FSGS patients. Because patients’ kidneys are damaged, they may have more other symptoms, and this is decided by patients’ own condition.
In the end, if you are not sure whether your symptom is caused by FSGS, you should consul the doctor fist, or you can also consult our online experts, and we are willing to help you.
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