00:01
Okay, So let's look
at the major causes
of what can actually
cause glomerulonephritis.
00:07
I'm going to look
at several causes,
We're just going to introduce
these to give you a framework
and then we'll break them down.
00:12
One of the causes is infections.
00:15
Okay, well that makes sense
because we know
glomerulonephritis.
00:18
Thats "itis" an infection is usually
one of the causes of inflammation.
00:22
There can also be
autoimmune disease.
00:25
Auto means self and immune
you know, what that does,
our system to fight off bad guys.
00:30
So that means your immune
system turns on you.
00:33
So it starts attacking
parts of your body
that you would prefer
not be attacked.
00:39
There's also vasculitis.
00:41
Hey, there's that itís again.
00:43
So itís is inflammation
and Vasco that's referring
to blood vessels, cool!
You are getting the hang
of this that's really good.
00:50
So vasculitis is when
the body's immune system
attacks the blood vessels.
00:56
Okay, it can be caused by
an infection medications
or even some other diseases.
01:00
But when those vessels
become attacked,
they become thicker and stiffer
and the blood supply is much
less through those vessels.
01:08
Now, there's conditions
that scar the glomeruli.
01:11
I know that sounds kind
of vague right now,
but I'll explain more as we go
through the rest of the video series.
01:17
Now, we always have an other
category it seems, right?
because we're trying to give
you a very complete list
when you're caring for a
patient and you're seeing
that their renal
function is not really
what you need it to be,
you need to be asking why
why why is the patient's
renal function suffering.
01:33
Glomerulonephritis is obviously
one of the top reasons.
01:37
So you want to be
thinking through
does my patient
have an infection,
do they have an
autoimmune disease
do they have vasculitis,
do they have things that are
scarring they're glomeruli,
or did they fallin in
this other category.
01:49
Now other includes
illegal drug use
which again illegal drugs
are illegal for a reason.
01:56
No good comes from their use
but amyloidosis is one you
may or may not have heard of
so I wanted to give you just
a quick blip on that one.
02:05
Now amyloidosis is rare,
but that doesn't mean
you won't see one
because crazy things happen
in the hospital every day.
02:13
So amyloidosis is
a rare condition and it
has some different causes
but it's when this
protein called amyloid
which is why it's
called amyloidosis
starts to build up in the body
and it builds up in the
tissue and the organs.
02:27
So when it builds
up in the kidneys,
that's why you end
up with problems
in your glomerulus,
hence the cause of
glomerulonephritis.
02:35
Okay, So we've given you
five major categories.
02:39
Now if you take notes like I do
I need to know ahead of time
how things are going to go.
02:43
We're going to break down
each one of those five
categories for you
dig down a little deeper.