March Hemoglobinuria - Relation To Athletic Nephritis

Relation To Athletic Nephritis

Hematuria after strenuous exercise may also result from athletic nephritis, which is a kidney inflammation resulting from strenuous exercise, and may cause hematuria (which itself may be called "exertion hematuria"), proteinuria, and cylinduria. However, athletic nephritis may be secondary to the hemoglobin load on the kidneys caused by the hemolysis in march hemoglobinuria. In most persons the effects of athletic nephritis are transient and disappear within hours to days after the end of exercise.

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