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GLOMERULONEPHRITIS IS CUMULATIVE DAMAGE TO THE TINY BLOOD FILTERS IN THE KIDNEYS. THESE FILTERS, KNOWN AS GLOMERULI, REMOVE WASTE PRODUCTS FROM THE BLOOD. IN CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS, INFLAMATION OF THE GLOMERULI IMPEDED THE FILTERING PROCESS, TRAPING WASTE PRODUCTS IN THE BLOOD WHILE ALLOWING RED CELLS AND PROTEINS TO ESCAPE INTO THE URINE.. THIS ALL CAUSING SCEROSIS OF THE KIDNEYS WHICH CAN LEAD TO KIDNEY FAILURE IN SEVERE CASES. THE CAUSE, THEY THINK, IS CHICKEN POX, MALARIA, MONONUCLEOSIS AND ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS); MAY LEAD TO CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS. GIVE YOUR COUSIN LOTS OF ATTENTION AND BE THERE FOR HER. SHE NEEDS YOUR COMPANY. GOOD LUCK AND BLESS YOU.