Why does hepatitis and nephritis often meet?

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March 12 is World Kidney Health Day, which reminds us to pay attention to and protect kidney health. On this day, I want to tell you that kidney disease is closely related to liver disease. Therefore, hepatitis and nephritis often meet. Here are two diseases.

Why does hepatitis and nephritis often meet?

In patients with chronic kidney disease, hepatitis B virus infection rate is higher. The positive rate of hepatitis B virus in hemodialysis patients in China is 13% - 35%; The positive rate of HBsAg was 12.0% in hemodialysis patients and only 0.8% in population in Brazil; In Moldavia and Romania, HBV infection rates were 17.0% and 21.6%, respectively.

Hepatitis C is closely related to kidney disease. In northern Europe, the United States and other western countries, the infection rate of HCV in patients with chronic renal failure is about 5% - 10%, and in some dialysis units in the United States, the infection rate of HCV is 20%; In some developing countries, it is about 20% - 50%, and even as high as 68% in Saudi Arabia; About 4.9% of hemodialysis patients in the world are infected with HCV.

Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus are the causes of kidney disease. Hepatitis B virus infection can cause hepatitis B related glomerulonephritis, such as membranous glomerulonephritis, tubulointerstitial nephritis. Hepatitis C virus can not only cause membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, but also disturb the immune system, cause cryoglobulinemia renal damage, secondary diabetes leads to diabetic nephropathy.

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The treatment of patients with nephropathy increases the risk of hepatitis B and hepatitis C virus infection, especially hepatitis C virus infection. Hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus are blood borne diseases. Patients with kidney disease often need hemodialysis treatment, frequent injections, blood transfusion and blood products, and even kidney transplantation. These treatments can increase the risk of hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus infection. Liver and kidney are important organs of metabolism in human body. Patients with liver disease should pay more attention to protect the health of kidney. Patients with kidney disease also need to take more care of liver“ Liver and kidney are of the same origin.