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Symptoms of reflux-nephropathy
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024
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Symptoms of reflux-nephropathy depend on the infection of reflux. With sterile vesicoureteral reflux, the formation of nephrosclerosis proceeds asymptomatically or is accompanied by signs characteristic of vesicoureteral reflux. Proteinuria and leicocyturia appear only with significant disturbances in the structure of the kidney tissue.
With infected vesicoureteral reflux, there are signs of infection of the urinary system: intoxication, pain syndrome, urinary syndrome (leicocyturia, mild proteinuria).
Thus, the following variants of the course of reflux-nephropathy are distinguished:
- recurrent infection of the urinary system, characterized by frequent exacerbations, abdominal pain, severe intoxication, leukocyturia, proteinuria;
- fumigated proteinuria, hematuria, recurrent moderate leukocyturia without symptoms of intoxication.
Hypertension in children occurs only in the late stages of the disease.
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