Question

A 15-year-old is admitted to the renal unit with a diagnosis of postinfectious glomerular disease. The nurse should recognize that this form of kidney disease may have been precipitated by what event?

A) Psychosocial stress
B) Hypersensitivity to an immunization
C) Menarche
D) Streptococcal infection

Answer 1

Postinfectious glomerular disease may have been triggered by a Streptococcal infection.

Step-by-step explanation:

Postinfectious glomerular disease, a form of kidney disease, may have been precipitated by a Streptococcal infection. In this condition, immune complexes that form in the blood between Streptococcus pyogenes antigens and antibodies lodge in the capillary endothelial cell junctions of the glomeruli and trigger an inflammatory response. This leads to damage and inflammation of the glomeruli, resulting in glomerulonephritis.