Antihistamine Drugs in Acute Nephritis

A Case of Acute Nephritis Treated with an Antihistamine Drug

Recently the number of diseases coming under the aetiology of allergic reactions has shown a rapid increase and so also the number of patients suffering from allergic affectionsOne of these diseases is acute nephritis. Knowledge acquired from clinical experience an experimental work tends to show that acut < nephritis or type I nephritis is due to allergy inflammatory changes in the glomerular ...

Sulphanilamide in Acute Nephritis

Effects of two antihistamine drugs on actual driving performance.

A double blind placebo controlled experiment was conducted measuring the effects of the centrally active antihistamine triprolidine and the peripherally acting antihistamine terfenadine on actual driving performance in a group of experienced women drivers. Triprolidine greatly impaired driving behaviour, whereas terfenadine did not. Triprolidine also impaired subjective and objective measures o...

Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis in Scotland.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Acute tubulointerstitial nephritis (ATIN) is a potentially reversible cause of acute kidney injury with the majority of cases drug related. Our aims were to examine the incidence profile of patients with ATIN in Scotland and to assess the impact of corticosteroid treatment. DESIGN AND METHODS All adult patients with biopsy-proven ATIN, diagnosed between 2000 and 2012, pres...

Acute focal bacterial nephritis.

In the kidney, acute focal parenchymal infection without liquefaction can produce a 'mass lesion' that may mimic an abscess or tumour, both clinically and radiologically. Ultrasound and computed tomography can differentiate between these lesions and allow appropriate antibiotic treatment to be used safely, avoiding unnecessary surgical intervention.