Dr. Ron Falk

Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis

 

These podcasts feature Dr. Ron Falk discussing the kidney disease Fibrillary Glomerulonephritis, or Fibrillary GN. He answers questions from a patient which include:

What is Fibrillary GN?
Why do I have protein in my urine?
What are the symptoms of Fibrillary GN?
How did I get it?
How do you treat this disease?
Will I need to go on dialysis?
What can I do to stay as healthy as possible?
Is there recent research on the disease?
How can I deal with feelings of loneliness and frustration?

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Listen to the full length recording. (12 min 3 seconds)

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Listen: What is Fibrillary GN? Listen: Why do I have protein in my urine? Listen: What are the symptoms? Listen: How did I get it? Listen: How do you treat it? Listen: Will I have to go on dialysis? Listen: What can I do to stay as healthy as possible? Listen: Is there recent research on the disease? Listen: How can I deal with feeling lonely and frustrated?

Click to read the full transcript on a specific topic:

Read: What is Fibrillary GN? Read: Why do I have protein in my urine? Read: What are the symptoms? Read: How did I get it? Read: How do you treat it? Read: Will I have to go on dialysis? Read: What can I do to stay as healthy as possible? Read: Is there recent research on the disease? Read: How can I deal with feeling lonely and frustrated?

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