Nephritis and Nephrotic syndrome are 2 different disease condition. In nephritis, there is usually loss of blood in urine and hypertension. In nephrotic syndrome there is loss of proteins in the urine as a result of which there is swelling over the body. Please read the articles on "Blood in Urine" and "Nephrotic syndrome" on www.pediatriconcall.com or from the links given below: http://www.pediatriconcall.com/forpatients/CommonChild/blood_in_urine.asp http://www.pediatriconcall.com/forpatients/CommonChild/nephroticsyndrome.asp

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