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| Chronic
Renal Failure |
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| Family History |
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| a. |
Some diseases that cause chronic
renal failure may be inherited.
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| b. |
Always ask if any members of the family
ever required dialysis or a kidney transplant.
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| c. |
Alport’s syndrome is frequently associated
with early onset high frequency hearing loss.
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| d. |
Ask if other members of the family have
a history of hypertension, hematuria, proteinuria, or urinary
tract infections.
Sometimes nephritis other than Alport’s
syndrome or obstructive uropaties may be familial.
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| e. |
Autosomal dominate polycystic kidney may
not have progressed in a parent and be manifested by urinary tract
infections, hypertension or hematuria.
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| f. |
Reflux nephropathy may be familial and
may have presented as recurrent urinary tract infections as a child. |
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