Countrygirl
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I am asking this as I am in rather a lot of pain with another attack of glomerulonephritis (inflammation of the kidney) and I wondered if there is an association with ME. I have read that it is likely to occur in the immunocompromised and is associated with viruses and autoimmune disease.
I first had signs of it just a few years after the ME onset with years of proteinuria followed long after by heavy haematuria with large blood clots, swollen face and quite severe pain. When a doctor was called, on being told that I had a diagnosis of ME, he told me that it would just be a pulled muscle. :Retro mad: Unfortunately, the 'pulled muscle' continued to cause many days of heavy bleeding and I became very ill. The doctor wouldn't budge. The second diagnosis was a'lazy bladder' as I visibly swelled up in front of him.
One month later, another doctor diagnosed possible kidney cancer and things changed somewhat. After a deluge of scans, consultant appointments and extremely undignified procedures it was decided that I had glomerulonephritis.
I think it is associated with lupus and also AIDS. So, is it just one of my little peculiararities or am I in good company? :Retro smile: I'd be glad to know I'm not alone. And please someone, pass the pain killers :tear:
I first had signs of it just a few years after the ME onset with years of proteinuria followed long after by heavy haematuria with large blood clots, swollen face and quite severe pain. When a doctor was called, on being told that I had a diagnosis of ME, he told me that it would just be a pulled muscle. :Retro mad: Unfortunately, the 'pulled muscle' continued to cause many days of heavy bleeding and I became very ill. The doctor wouldn't budge. The second diagnosis was a'lazy bladder' as I visibly swelled up in front of him.
One month later, another doctor diagnosed possible kidney cancer and things changed somewhat. After a deluge of scans, consultant appointments and extremely undignified procedures it was decided that I had glomerulonephritis.
I think it is associated with lupus and also AIDS. So, is it just one of my little peculiararities or am I in good company? :Retro smile: I'd be glad to know I'm not alone. And please someone, pass the pain killers :tear: