Chronic nephritis is short for chronic glomerulonephritis. In the early stage, patients may have weakness, fatigue, lower back pain and lack of appetite; edema may be present or absent and is usually not serious. Laboratory tests are mostly mild urinary abnormalities, and blood pressure may be normal or mildly elevated.
Chronic glomerulonephritis, referred to as chronic nephritis, is characterized by proteinuria, hematuria, hypertension and edema as the basic clinical manifestations, with different ways of onset, prolonged and slow progression, with varying degrees of renal function impairment, and some patients will eventually develop to end-stage renal failure.
Chronic nephritis can occur at any age, but mainly in young and middle-aged people, more common in men. Most of the cases start slowly and insidiously. Early patients may have no special symptoms, patients may have weakness, fatigue, back pain and lack of appetite; edema may or may not be present, usually not serious. Laboratory tests are mostly mild urinary abnormalities (proteinuria, hematuria).
Blood pressure may be normal or mildly elevated in chronic glomerulonephritis. Renal function is normal or mildly impaired (decreased creatinine clearance), which can last for several years or even decades, with gradual deterioration of renal function and corresponding clinical manifestations (e.g., anemia, increased blood pressure, etc.), and finally into end-stage renal failure.
Patients with chronic nephritis should consult the hospital in time and be treated under the guidance of professional physicians.