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@dragonflylady Glomerulonephritis is kinda an umbrella statement. First is figuring out the underlying cause before treatment starts. Here are some good links to read through. Sometimes the information is a repeat, but might be said in a different format. Has your brother been told the underlying cause? Why is his eGFR if he knows that?
From Mayo Clinic: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/glomerulonephritis/symptoms-causes/syc-20355705
From the National Kidney Foundation: https://www.kidney.org/kidney-topics/glomerulonephritis
From the Cleveland Clinic: https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/16167-glomerulonephritis-gn
My kidney disease falls into the glomerulonephritis category, as an autoimmune cased situation.
Ginger
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It started off with extremely high protein levels in his urine and no other symptoms. Then they finally did a kidney biopsy and through that he was diagnosed with glomerulonephritis as an autoimmune disorder same as yours. That’s about as much as I know except for the infusions (x2) he’ll receive so many weeks apart then given the medication to protect his kidneys etc. I am the baby of the family and he is the oldest and we are very close. We have a brother (74) sister(72) between us. They are healthy. I have 3 autoimmune diseases and as I’ve talked about my brother now has the one. We lost our dad in 2022 he was 92. I was extremely close to him. Our mother is living she is 94 and in surprisingly good health and very sharp mentally. I worry if something were to happen to my brother him being her oldest born what it would do to her. She depends on him more than us other 3.