The Condition"...Treatment of the kidney disease consists of controlling high blood pressure and restricting dietary phosphorus..." Recommendation against Phosphorus"Treatment of the kidney disease consists of controlling high blood pressure and restricting dietary phosphorus..."
An inherited condition that results in kidney disease. It generally develops during early childhood and is more serious in boys than in girls. The condition can lead to end-stage renal disease as well as hearing and vision problems. The common symptoms of this condition are chronic blood and protein in the urine.
The Condition"...Men with Alport Syndrome eventually require replacement of kidney function with dialysis or kidney transplantation..."
The Condition"...The diagnosis of Alport Syndrome is done by a careful family history and a kidney biopsy (examination of a small piece of tissue taken from the kidney)..."
hereditary condition characterized by kidney disease, sensorineural hearing loss, and sometimes eye defects.
Characterized by hereditary kidney disorders, deafness, and ocular anomalies (e.g., cataracts). Males are more severely affected than females.
Alport syndrome is caused by a mutation in a gene for collagen. This inherited disorder is uncommon, affecting about 2 out of 10,000 people. It causes chronic glomerulonephritis with destruction of the glomeruli (the tiny blood vessels within the kidneys that filter the blood) and eventually progresses to end-stage renal disease at an early age. It was first described by an English doctor, A. Cecil Alport. Because of the way Alport Syndrome is inherited, the disease tends to be more severe in men than in women.
Alport syndrome is a genetic condition characterized by the progressive loss of kidney function and hearing. Alport syndrome can also affect the eyes. The presence of blood in the urine (hematuria) is almost always found in this condition.
