Your healthcare team will talk to you and your child about any long-term effects your child might have.

Most children fully recover from PIGN and it does not come back.

Some will need to keep taking medications.

Some children will be left with long term damage called chronic kidney disease. The long-term effects on your child’s kidney function (how well the kidneys are working) depend on how severe the PIGN is and whether it gets better with treatment.

Follow up

All children with PIGN will have follow-up appointments at the hospital or with their GP, to check for any health problems.

It is important to go to these appointments, even if your child seems well. You will also have the opportunity to ask any questions. At these appointments, your child may have:

• their height and weight checked
• a physical examination
• urine tests – to check for blood, protein and other substances in their urine
• blood tests – to check for the amount of protein and other substances in their blood, and measure their kidney function
• their blood pressure measured.

Impact on your child and your family

Children who have been successfully treated for PIGN can do all the things that other children their age do. They can continue going to school or nursery, play with other children and stay active.

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