Bright's disease
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Clinic
- Bright's disease is a historical classification of kidney diseases that are described in modern medicine as acute or chronic nephritis.
- It was characterized by swelling and the presence of albumin in the urine, and was frequently accompanied by high blood pressure and heart disease.
- The triad of dropsy, albumin in the urine, and kidney disease came to be regarded as characteristic of Bright's disease.
Signs / Symptoms
- Inflammation of serous membranes
- Hemorrhages
- Apoplexy
- Convulsions
- Blindness
- Coma
- Albuminuria
Related disease
- Cardiac hypertrophy
- High blood pressure
- Diabetic nephropathy