This procedure can help figure out the amount and type of kidney damage. It can also help make sure that there are no other conditions causing kidney damage. Most people with PSGN, especially children, recover within a few weeks and have no long-term effects. However, some people develop permanent kidney damage and even kidney failure. Those with kidney failure need dialysis or a kidney transplant to survive.
Dialysis is a procedure to filter the blood when the kidneys no longer work.
Usually this must continue for the rest of the person's life or until a kidney transplant can be done. Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis is not contagious. However, the strep infection that causes this condition is contagious. Treatment is usually directed at the symptoms. Many people can be treated at home.