ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Nephrotic syndrome is a kidney disorder that causes your body to pass too much protein in your urine. Nephrotic syndrome is usually caused by damage to the clusters of small blood vessels in your kidneys that filter waste and excess water from your blood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Listen to pronunciation. (HY-droh-neh-FROH-sis) Abnormal enlargement of a kidney, which may be caused by blockage of the ureter (such as by a kidney stone) or chronic kidney disease that prevents urine from draining into the bladder.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nephrotic syndrome is not a specific kidney disease. It can occur in any kidney disease that damages the filtering units in a certain way that allows them to leak protein into the urine. Some of the diseases that cause nephrotic syndrome, such as nephritis, affect only the kidney.

Detailed explanation-4: -Glomerulonephritis is a group of diseases that injure the part of the kidney that filters blood (called glomeruli). Other terms you may hear used are nephritis and nephrotic syndrome. When the kidney is injured, it cannot get rid of wastes and extra fluid in the body.

Detailed explanation-5: -Nephrosis (nephrotic syndrome) is caused by a variety of diseases that all lead to decreased kidney ability to prevent leakage of macromolecules, particularly proteins, into the filtrate. This leakage leads to protein wasting in the urine and can lead to the nephrotic syndrome.