Goodpasture's disease Goodpasture's disease from EdREN , the website of the Renal Unit of the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Goodpasture's disease is a rare but serious condition that can cause severe kidney and lung damage. The disease can be controlled by treatment, but often leaves patients with severe kidney damage.
Some people have only lung disease, others have only kidney disease, while some have both.
It can be mild or very severe. A blood test to look for anti-GBM antibodies is one way. Kidney failure may need dialysis treatment. Severe lung disease needs oxygen, and occasionally artificial ventilation in an intensive care unit. Plasma exchange is a treatment with a machine that removes plasma from the patient and replaces it with donor plasma.