The nurse explains that as chronic glomerulonephritis develops, the kidney:
a. swells.
b. atrophies.
c. becomes increasingly scarred.
d. produces copious urine.
B
Chronic glomerulonephritis may develop rapidly or progress slowly over 20 to 30 years or longer. The exact cause is unknown; however, in chronic glomerulonephritis, the kidney atrophies; there is a decreased number of functional nephrons, and eventual kidney failure. The prognosis for this disease is ultimately poor; the speed with which it progresses to renal failure varies with the in-dividual. Kidney swelling and scarring are not the changes to the kidney in chronic glomerulo-nephritis.
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