Whether glomerulonephritis affects life expectancy is related to the severity of the disease, the effect of treatment and other factors, and cannot be generalized.
There are very many types of glomerulonephritis. Acute glomerulonephritis is a self-limiting disease, and the vast majority of patients may recover after treatment. In chronic glomerulonephritis, the pathologic type is mild, such as mild thylakoid proliferative glomerulonephritis, membranous nephropathy, etc., through the treatment can also make the urinary protein turn negative, and may also reach the clinical cure, and at this time, usually does not affect the life expectancy.
While some patients with more serious pathological types, such as focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis patients, even after active treatment, renal function may still gradually decline, ultimately leading to uremia, at this time may affect the life expectancy, but the specific survival time can not be generalized.
Patients with glomerulonephritis are advised to go to regular hospitals in time, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, and then give targeted treatment or therapy under the guidance of the doctor.