Renal co-morbidity in patients with rheumatic diseases

Abstract

Renal co-morbidity is common in patients with rheumatic disease based on regular assessment of serum and urine parameters of renal function. When patients present with both arthritis and renal abnormalities the following questions have to be addressed. Is kidney disease a complication of rheumatic disease or its management, or are they both manifestations of a single systemic autoimmune disease? Is rheumatic disease a complication of kidney disease and its management? How do rheumatic disease and kidney disease affect each other even when they are unrelated? The present review provides an overview of how to address these questions in daily practice.

What we do and do not know about women and kidney diseases; questions unanswered and answers unquestioned: Reflection on World Kidney Day and International Woman’s Day

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IgA Nephropathy Precedes the Onset of the Rheumatic Disease in a Female with Ankylosing Spondylitis

“…A-31 year old Indian and a mother of one child was referred spondyloarthropathies such as Behcet's disease, psoriatic arthritis, Reiter's syndrome and the postenteritic arthritides have been previously reported [5,6,10,12,13].…”

What We Do and Do Not Know About Women and Kidney Diseases; Questions Unanswered and Answers Unquestioned: Reflection on World Kidney Day and Internationalwoman’s Day

“…The strong association between RA activity and AA amyloidosis increases morbidity and is the main cause of ESRD with RA and nephropathy. Importantly, some of the life-long and combined RA pharmacotherapy can lead to various renal side effects [82][83][84]. SS predominantly affects women (female-tomale ratios ranging from 3:1 to 14:1), with the peak incidence in the fifth and sixth decades.…”