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Despite the frequency of sickle cell disease (SCD) in the West African population, the renal changes and outcome associated with it have been poorly characterized. We retrospectively studied 22 renal patients; 19 heterozygous sickle cell trait (AS) and three homozygous (SS) evaluated between 1996-2002. The mean age was 43 years (range from 19-69 years). The observed nephropathies included chronic glomerulonephritis (CGN) in eight (36.3%) cases, advanced chronic renal failure (CRF) in seven (31.8%), chronic tubulointerstitial nephropathy (CTIN) in four cases (18.1%), post-infectious acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) in two(9.1%) cases and pregnancy related nephropathy in one (4.5%) case. Renal biopsy was performed in five (22.7%) patients (three AS and two SS patients); the findings included membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN), CTIN, focal and segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and membranous glomerulonephritis. We conclude that there are various renal abnormalities associated with SCD and optimal management needs early diagnosis and multidisciplinary follow-up.
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PMID:Sickle cell disease and the kidney. 1764 74

Kidney diseases have assumed epidemic proportions in both developed and developing countries, particularly chronic kidney disease (CKD). While treatment modalities are available and accessible in developed economies with improvement in outcomes, survival, and quality of life, they are either unavailable or inaccessible in nations with emerging economies, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with an attendant worsening outcome and survival for CKD patients. The epidemiology of CKD in SSA has revealed that it preferentially affects adults in their economically productive years, usually below the age of 50 years, with consequent drain on the economy. This derives mainly from the major etiologies in the region, which are infection-induced chronic glomerulonephritis and hypertension, compounded by poverty as well as societal and health underdevelopment, poor resource allocation to health, and underdeveloped health infrastructures. This has made preventive nephrology a major goal in the sub-region, although those who have already developed CKD must be managed up to tertiary levels. In this review, we assessed the contributions of parasitic diseases (i.e., malaria and schistosomiasis), sickle cell disease and nephrotoxins with the aim of espousing their contributions to the burden of kidney disease, and proposing management options with the goal of ultimately reducing the burden of kidney disease in these disadvantaged populations.
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PMID:Spectrum of kidney diseases in Africa: malaria, schistosomiasis, sickle cell disease, and toxins. 2750 85