Glomerulonephritis causes

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Luke Rusowicz-Orazem, B.S.

Overview

Glomerulonephritis is primarily caused by renal disease, as well as genetic disorders and hematological abnormalities.

Causes

Common Causes

• Churg-strauss syndrome
• Cryoglobulinaemia
• Diabetes mellitus type 2
• Dibasic aminoaciduria type 2
• Endocarditis
• Glycogenosis type 1a
• Henoch-schönlein purpura 
• Hepatitis b
• Hereditary onycho-osteodysplasia
• Hypersensitivity vasculitis
• Iga nephropathy
• Lepromatous leprosy
• Mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia
• Myeloma
• Paraneoplastic syndrome
• Polyarteritis nodosa
• Radiotherapy
• Schimke immunoosseous dysplasia
• Secondary syphilis
• Serum sickness
• Sickle cell disease
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Vasculitis
• Wegener's granulomatosis
• Wiskott-aldrich syndrome

Causes by Organ System

Cardiovascular	Amyloidosis, Anca vasculitis, Bacterial endocarditis , Endocarditis, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Hypertension, Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis , Polyarteritis nodosa, Polyarteritis, Vasculitis, Wegener's granulomatosis
Chemical/Poisoning	Gold salts, Mercury
Dental	No underlying causes
Dermatologic	Henoch-schönlein purpura , Hypersensitivity vasculitis, Lepromatous leprosy, Scarlet fever
Drug Side Effect	Bucillamine, Indomethacin, Lithium, Nsaids, Penicillamine, Phenylbutazone, Rifampicin
Ear Nose Throat	Sjogren's syndrome
Endocrine	Amyloidosis
Environmental	No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic	Hepatitis b
Genetic	Alport's syndrome, C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency, C2 deficiency, C4 deficiency, Fechtner syndrome, Glycogenosis type 1a, Hereditary nephritis, Hereditary onycho-osteodysplasia, Kartagener's syndrome, Lysinuric protein intolerance, Sebastian platelet syndrome, Sjogren's syndrome
Hematologic	Cryoglobulinaemia, Epstein macrothrombocytopenia syndrome, Mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia, Sebastian platelet syndrome, Sickle cell disease, Wiskott-aldrich syndrome
Iatrogenic	Radiotherapy
Infectious Disease	Bacterial endocarditis , Chronic hepatitis c, Hepatitis b, Lepromatous leprosy, Loiasis , Malaria , Parasitic infection, Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, Scarlet fever, Secondary syphilis, Streptococcal infections
Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic	Hereditary onycho-osteodysplasia,
Neurologic	No underlying causes
Nutritional/Metabolic	Diabetes mellitus type 2,
Obstetric/Gynecologic	No underlying causes
Oncologic	Hodgkin's lymphoma, Myeloma, Paraneoplastic syndrome
Ophthalmologic	Loiasis
Overdose/Toxicity	No underlying causes
Psychiatric	No underlying causes
Pulmonary	Churg-strauss syndrome, Goodpasture's syndrome, Iga nephropathy
Renal/Electrolyte	Alport's syndrome, Anca vasculitis, Cryoglobulinaemia, Diabetic nephropathy, Dibasic aminoaciduria type 2, Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis, Goodpasture's syndrome, Granulomatosis with polyangiitis, Hereditary nephritis, Hyperdibasic aminoaciduria type 2 , Lupus nephritis, Lupus, Membranous nephropathy, Mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia, Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, Wegener's granulomatosis
Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy	Amyloidosis, Churg-strauss syndrome, Lupus nephritis, Lupus, Polyarteritis nodosa, Serum sickness, Systemic lupus erythematosus, Thin basement membrane disease, Wiskott-aldrich syndrome
Sexual	Secondary syphilis
Trauma	No underlying causes
Urologic	No underlying causes
Miscellaneous	No underlying causes

Causes in Alphabetical Order

• Alport's syndrome
• Amyloidosis
• Anca vasculitis
• Bacterial endocarditis 
• Bucillamine
• C1 esterase inhibitor deficiency
• C2 deficiency
• C4 deficiency
• Chronic hepatitis c
• Churg-strauss syndrome
• Cryoglobulinaemia
• Diabetes mellitus type 2
• Diabetic nephropathy
• Dibasic aminoaciduria type 2
• Endocarditis
• Epstein macrothrombocytopenia syndrome
• Fechtner syndrome
• Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
• Glycogenosis type 1a
• Gold salts
• Goodpasture's syndrome
• Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
• Henoch-schönlein purpura 
• Hepatitis b
• Hereditary nephritis
• Hereditary onycho-osteodysplasia
• Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Hyperdibasic aminoaciduria type 2 
• Hypersensitivity vasculitis
• Hypertension
• Hypocomplementemic urticarial vasculitis 
• Iga nephropathy
• Indomethacin
• Kartagener's syndrome
• Lepromatous leprosy
• Lithium
• Loiasis 
• Lupus
• Lupus nephritis
• Lysinuric protein intolerance
• Malaria
• Membranous nephropathy
• Mercury
• Mixed essential cryoglobulinaemia
• Myeloma
• Nsaids
• Paraneoplastic syndrome
• Parasitic infection
• Penicillamine
• Phenylbutazone
• Polyarteritis
• Polyarteritis nodosa
• Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
• Radiotherapy
• Rifampicin
• Scarlet fever
• Schimke immunoosseous dysplasia
• Sebastian platelet syndrome
• Secondary syphilis
• Serum sickness
• Sickle cell disease
• Sjogren's syndrome 
• Streptococcal infections 
• Systemic lupus erythematosus
• Thin basement membrane disease
• Vasculitis
• Wegener's granulomatosis
• Wiskott-aldrich syndrome