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IgA Nephropathy (Berger’s Disease) and Nutritional Supplementation

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Comments Posted on Jan 16, 2012 Last Updated Apr 16, 2012 Posted by Ladd McNamara, M.D.
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What You May Want to Know About Nutritional Supplementation and IgA Nephropathy, or Berger’s Disease, The Most Common Cause of Glomerulonephritis.

IgA nephropathy, also known as Berger’s disease and synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis, is a disease in which IgA antibodies are abnormally produced due to an unidentified immune response (most likely in the intestinal tract); the blood stream is flooded with IgA antibodies which are then filtered by the kidneys.   The glomeruli (small bundles of capillaries where filtration occurs) become inflammed, and is known as glomerulonephritis.
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