Salt losing nephritis is a feature of :: (A) Interstitial nephritis, (B) Renal Amyloidosis, (C) Lupus nephritis, (D) Post Streptococcal Glomerulonephritis
Answer is A. Answer is A (Interstitial Nephritis) In interstitial nephritis there occurs damage to distal tubules, which results in impaired sodium reabsorption and hence the so called 'salt wasting'. Tubulointerstitial nephritis? This is a group of renal disease characterized by predominant involvement of the tubules and interstitium which leads to defect in the ability of the kidney to concentrate urine.