What are Nephritic Syndromes?

Postinfectious Glomerulonephritis
(a) Glomeruli with marked endocapillary proliferation and simplification of tubular lining epithelium (H and E, ×100), (b) Glomeruli shows marked endocapillary proliferation and neutrophil infiltration occluding the capillary lumina of the glomerulus (H and E, ×200), (c and d) Immunofluorescence showing strong diffuse granular coarse deposits of IgG and C3c along the glomerular basement membrane. Cerebral venous thrombosis in a patient with acute postinfectious glomerulonephritis: Morkhandikar S, Priyamvada PS, Srinivas BH, Parameswaran S - Indian journal of nephrology (2016 May-Jun). Not altered. CC.

Nephritic syndromes are glomerular syndromes characterized by hematuria, hypertension, reduced urine output, and edema.

Examples of nephritic syndrome include:

  • Acute proliferative glomerulonephritis
  • Postinfectious glomerulonephritis
  • Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
  • Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
  • Crescentic glomerulonephritis