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
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