Please add profiles of those who died from Nephritis. If the cause of death was Bright’s disease, please add them to: Bright’s / Kidney Disease/Failure project. Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys and may involve the glomeruli, tubules, or interstitial tissue surrounding the glomeruli and tubules. Acute nephritis has several causes, and it can ultimately lead to kidney failure if it’s left...
Uremia is a raised level in the blood of urea and other nitrogenous waste compounds that are normally eliminated by the kidneys. It develops in parallel with deterioration of renal (kidney) function. Uremia is a major symptom of renal failure. The term uremia , which "llterally means urine in the blood , was first used by Piorry to describe the clinical condition associated with renal fail...