Abstract :
Objective: to investigate whether chronic tonsillitis is associated with early kidney failure; to analysis the reliability of urine microalbumin as a diagnostic indicator of chronic tonsillitis and early stage of kidney failure; either tonsillectomy is the effective way to prevent complications of chronic tonsillitis and early kidney failure. Methods: 84 patients with chronic tonsillitis who admitted to the department of Otorhinolaryngology, Qinghai University Affiliated Hospital from March 2012 to February 2013 were selected as subjects, 33 males and 51 females who aged between 7-55 years. It was divided into three group according to the course of disease, group A: duration is 1 to 3 years; group B: duration of 3 to 5 years; group C; duration> 5 years; in the immunological laboratory, 12 cases of normal control group were collected, male 7 cases , female 5 cases, aged 7 to 55 years old. The amount of microalbuminuria before and after operation was determined by turbidimetric method. The collected data were analyzed statistically. Results: There was no significant increase in urine microalbumin compared group A and control group, P> 0.05, the difference was not statistically significant. Group B and group C were significantly higher than those in the control group (P
Keyword :
words Urine microalbumin; Early kidney failure; Course of disease; Chronic tonsillitis