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5 Facts you should know about
Goodpasture syndrome
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Symptoms may include general body discomfort or pain, epistaxis, hematuria, respiratory problems, anemia, chest pain, and kidney failure
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Antibodies also attack the collagen of the alveoli, resulting in pulmonary hemorrhage
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Currently, the preferred term is “anti-GBM antibody disease.”
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Anti-GBM disease is thought to result from an environmental insult (smoking, infections, exposure to certain drugs) in a person with genetic susceptibility
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Diagnosis is confirmed with the presence of anti-GBM antibody in the blood or in the kidney
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