CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS IN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES (CINAC)

Course overview

CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL NEPHRITIS IN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES IS A NEW FORM OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; ITS ETIOLOGY IS NOT LINKED TO DIABETES, HYPERTENSION, GLOMERULOPATHIES, OR OTHER KNOWN CAUSES OF RENAL DISEASES. IT HAD REACHED EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS IN CENTRAL AMERICA, SRI LANKA, AND OTHER TROPICAL COUNTRIES. IT WAS REPORTED MAINLY IN YOUNG MEN, OCCASIONALLY WOMEN, AND ADOLESCENTS. THE CAUSES ARE POTENTIALLY PREVENTABLE, AND TO AVOID THE HIGH MORBIDITY ASSOCIATED WITH THIS CONDITION, IT MUST BE PROMPTLY DIAGNOSED AND TREATED. THIS ACTIVITY REVIEWS THE EPIDEMIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS, CLINICAL FEATURES, HISTOPATHOLOGICAL FINDINGS, AND MANAGEMENT OF AN INTERPROFESSIONAL TEAM OF CHRONIC INTERSTITIAL DISEASE IN AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITIES.