Tag: Diseases
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Renal manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases
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Introduction: Systemic autoimmune diseases can have severe kidney involvement.Renal involvement may be clinically silent, but may also cause serious permanent damage that is extremely damaging to the patient. This is why great vigilance is required vis-à-vis the renal involvement in any systemic disease involving this risk. In this article, we will review current knowledge about renal…
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Introduction to hereditary kidney diseases
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Introduction: For about two decades, the spectrum of hereditary nephropathies, the emergence and practice of “nephrogenetics” have evolved considerably. Clinical interest in these diseases has been driven by advances in molecular genetics: mutated genes in many hereditary nephropathies have been identified and genetic tests for mutations have been made in practice for routine clinical diagnosis and…
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Epidemiology of Chronic Kidney Diseases
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Introduction: In 2001, chronic terminal renal failure was declared France a major public health priority. This decision is the result of a steady increase in the incidence and prevalence of chronic terminal renal insufficiency. As a primary outbreak, the kidney is potentially exposed to many attacks. Although renal parenchyma has extraordinary adaptive and regenerative abilities, chronic kidney…
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Schistosomiasis
Schistosomiasis are acute or chronic visceral parasitic diseases due to 5 species of trematode worms (schistosomes). The 3 main species parasitizing humans are Schistosoma haematobium, Schistosoma japonicum and Schistosoma mansoni. The distribution area of Schistosoma mekongi and Schistosoma intercalatum is more limited. Humans are contaminated during bathing in infested freshwater schistosome larvae. Infestation phases (transient…
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