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kidney blood supply, anti-glomerular basement membrane antibody disease, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary renal syndrome, glomerulonephritis, pulmonary hemorrhage, goodpasture's syndrome, kidneys, lungs, involves rapidly progressive kidney failure that develops in days to weeks, lung disease, cough, shortness of breath, blood, in the sputum, forms, the disease involve just the lung, kidney problems, not both, goodpasture's syndrome, autoimmune disorder, body makes antibodies that attack own body tissues, in this case, antibodies form against a certain type of protein, collagen, collagen is present, in the alveoli, tiny air sacs, in the lungs, glomeruli, filtering units, the kidney, antibodies, anti-glomerular basement membrane antibodies, anti-gbm antibodies, the disorder is triggered by a viral respiratory infection, by inhaling hydrocarbon solvents, immune system, attack organs, tissues, it mistakes them, viruses, foreign chemicals, antibody attack leads to bleeding, in the air sacs, shortness of breath, cough, bloody sputum, inflammation, in the glomeruli, the kidney, blood in urine, hematuria, protein, in the urine, proteinuria, kidney failure, bloody urine, dark colored urine, decreased urine output, foamy urine, cough, bloody sputum, coughing up blood, difficulty breathing after exertion, weakness, nausea, vomiting, chest pain, pale skin, a physical examination, discover that the patient has high blood pressure, has signs of fluid overload, swelling, gallop rhythms, the heart, crackle sounds, in the lungs, crackles, from blood, in the air sacs, relevant test results, urinalysis shows blood, protein, in the urine, abnormal red blood cells, bun, creatinine levels, elevated, chest x-ray shows diseased alveoli, arterial blood gas analysis, low oxygen, in the blood, lung biopsy shows damaged alveoli, kidney biopsy shows damaged glomeruli, anti-gbm antibody levels, elevated, main goal, remove the circulating antibodies, blood, an early diagnosis is very important, patient's outlook is much worse kidneys, already severely damaged, treatment begins, plasmapheresis, procedure where blood plasma is removed, circulation, replaced by fluid, protein, donated plasma, helps to make sure that harmful antibodies, removed, anti-inflammatory, cytotoxic agents, prednisone, cyclophosphamide, kidney failure becomes severe, dialysis needed to substitute, the kidney's normal functioning, kidney transplantation performed in patients who suffer irreversible loss of kidney function, nephrologist, a specialist physician, would, wait, the levels of circulating anti-gbm antibodies to drop, proceeding, the transplant, early diagnosis, treatment tend to have better outcomes, rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis, chronic kidney failure, end-stage kidney disease, severe pulmonary hemorrhage, lung bleeding, respiratory failure, health care provider amount, urine produce drops, have any other symptoms of goodpasture's syndrome, never sniff glue, siphon gasoline, expose the lungs to hydrocarbon solvents, cause the disease, early diagnosis, slow the progression.