What causes glomerulonephritis?
Glomerulonephritis is caused by several different disease states, including the following: • systemic immune disease such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, or lupus) • other systemic diseases may include: • polyarteritis nodosa group – an inflammatory disease of the arteries. • Wegener vasculitis – A progressive disease that leads to widespread inflammation of all of the organs in the body. • Henoch-Schönlein purpura – A disease usually seen in children that is associated with purpura (small or large purple lesions on the skin and internally on the organs) and involves multiple organ systems. • Glomerulonephritis can also result from a gene on the X chromosome passed on from carrier mothers who have no features, or minimal features of the problem, to their sons, who are affected with the disorder in 50 percent of the cases. • In children, a common cause of glomerulonephritis is from a streptococcal infection, such as strep throat or upper respiratory infection. Glomerulonephritis u
