Symptoms of Membranous Kidney Disease

Membranous Kidney Disease can also be called Membranous nephritis, which can be primary one and secondary one. It can be caused by infection of hepatitis virus, lupus, medical treatment and cancer. The characteristic of Membranous Kidney Disease is that it recurs easily, and develops for a long time. It is caused by the deposition of immune complex on renal glomerular basilar membrane together with increased depth. Nephrotic syndrome and proteinuria without any symptoms are the main characteristic of Membranous Kidney Disease. Membranous Kidney Disease can happen on people at any age, the most of which are adults. In addition, more than 80% of them are more than 30 years old. The summit age for this disease is 36 to 40 years old. The ratio between male to female is 1.5: 1. And males are higher than that of female. In foreign countries, Membranous Kidney Disease accounts for 30 to 50% of Nephrotic syndrome and in China, Membranous Kidney Disease accounts for 10% to 15% among Nephrotic syndrome.
Primary Membranous Kidney Disease is also not a simple disease, which can be caused by many factors and these factors cause kidney damage. Factors are such as gene and environment. Gene increases the immune response of Membranous Kidney Disease.
Although Membranous Kidney Disease can be seen in people at any age, most of whom are more than 30 years old. The average age is 40 years old and the summit age are two, which are 30 to 40 and 50 to 60. In most cases, Membranous Kidney Disease develops slowly and few of them have asymptomatic proteinuria. most of them have a large amount of proteinuria. edema is the first symptom for 80% of them and 20% of them go to see a doctor in a hospital as a result of a large amount of protein in urine. at the early stage of this disease, most of patients have no high blood pressure and with time passing by, about 30% to 50% of them will have high blood pressure.