HLTH 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Glomerulonephritis, Pus, Urethra
13 Nov 2018
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Human diseases - hlth 335 - exam 3 notes. Waste is removed through system of blood vessels and tubules. Filtration takes place in nephrons, functional working unit of kidney. More than 1 million nephrons in each human kidney. Filter and remove waste products from blood. Maintain proper balance of water and chemicals in body. Regulate levels of electrolytes, sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate. Urethra = 9 inches long in men but only 1. 5 inches in female (higher prevalence of uti"s) Nonsuppurative (no pus formation), degenerative inflammation of glomeruli. Caused by antigen-antibody reaction 1-4 weeks after skin or throat infection with beta hemolytic streptococci. Glomerulonephritis may follow strep cases of pharyngitis, tonsillitis or impetigo. = streptococcal infection: strep throat, scarlet fever, or rheumatic fever. = presence of blood, albumin (a plasma protein), and casts (coagulated. = chills and fever, loss of appetite, and a general feeling of weakness, = generally good edema, particularly in face and ankles protein & blood) in urine.
