What is Glomerulonephritis in dogs?
The kidneys of your dog are made up of thousands of extremely small filtering units that are referred to as glomeruli. These small units filter the water and other small substances for your pets bloodstream. The tubes of the kidney, following this filtering process, will reabsorb the vital substances such as electrolytes and glucose and leave any unnecessary substances along with small amounts of water in your pets urine. This disease occurs when there is inflammation of these small units in the kidneys, and the bodys antigens and antibodies become trapped in the glomerulus vessels. This ignites your dogs immune system and as a result it damages the vessels. Glomerules are a tiny looping of blood vessels that filter waste from the blood. The immune system reacts to what it is believed to be an attack, but what makes this disease so difficult, is that it is considered to be idiopathic. An idiopathic disease is one where the actual origin is unknown. However, the result of this condition
