Nephrotic syndrome is caused by:
1- Damage of the kidney glomerular-
The tiny blood vessels that filter waste and excess water from the
blood and send them to the bladder as urine.
2 - Other diseases which cause
damage to the kidney filtering mechanism, such as
nephritis, diabetes and lupus erythematosus,
cancer, collagen disorders and infections (such as HIV)
The most common causes could be listed as
under:
1. Local diseases (primarily
affecting the kidney)
2. Systemic diseases (affecting
various systems of body, one of them being the kidney)
3. Allergy
4. Secondary infections
5. Ill effects of drugs (e.g.
antibiotics such as penicillin or drugs given to control blood pressure)
6. Malignancy
7. Psychological factors
8. Idiopathic (Unknown causes)
