2007-03-26 22:34:16 · 3 answers · asked by ah_gan 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Medicine
thanks sami!
2007-03-27 02:16:36 · update #1
actually sami is incorrect. nephrotic syndrome causes proteinuria which means your serum proteins like albumin are spilling out into your urine. when albumin levels are low, your serum oncotic pressure is decreased and the oncotic forces will drive free water into the interstitium. that's why you have edema and ascites, from the change in oncotic forces.
and by the way, that's a transudative ascites. exudative ascites would occur from infection or malignancy.
2007-03-27 03:08:37 · answer #1 · answered by belfus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-25 01:58:17 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nephrotic syndrome --Hypertension--Congestive heart failure---- Ascites
2007-03-27 01:08:35 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋