Glomerulonephritis, or nephritis for short, is divided into acute and chronic. Acute nephritis will usually recover after symptomatic supportive treatment; chronic nephritis is usually difficult to recover, and the main purpose of treatment is to slow down the progress of renal function and prevent the deterioration of renal function.
1. Acute nephritis: acute onset, with proteinuria, hematuria, edema and hypertension as the main manifestations, mostly due to streptococcal infection, usually recovered after symptomatic supportive treatment and rest. If there is no evidence of symptomatic infection, antibiotic treatment is usually not used.
2. Chronic nephritis: chronic onset, disease progression may develop into uremia, usually difficult to recover, treatment to slow down the progression of renal function, control the condition of the main, commonly used drugs such as valsartan, chloretin, captopril, enalapril and so on.
Patients with glomerulonephritis should go to the hospital in time and receive standardized treatment under the guidance of a professional physician. Drugs need to be used in accordance with medical advice, do not self-medicate.