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Kidney Disorders

This forum is the right place to discuss congenital and acquired kidney disorders like congenital hydronephrosis, congenital obstruction of the urinary tract, a duplicated ureter, Polycystic kidney disease, Renal dysplasia, acquired diabetic nephropathy, hydronephrosis, kidney stones, kidney tumors, pyelonephritis kidney infection and renal failure.

UTI or kidney stone?

Answered by a doctor

Hi, I have been having this intense (mild) pain right below my rib cage for about a week now. I looked up the symptoms for UTI and kidney stone and I do not have any of the symptoms listed except for the pain. Can this pain go away or is this UTI and/or kidney stone related? I used to have kidney...

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kidney disease

I spoke to my mom yesterday and she told me that we have a hereditary disease run in our family. My grandmother and my great-grandmother both had it. Fortunately, my mom hasn’t inherited it yet, but she is still having regular check ups. The disease is called polycystic kidney disease and I...

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Enlarged Kidney

Hello, I need additional information, if anyone is familiar with this condition. This condition is called acromegaly (a name for enlarged kidney). My daughter is 6 years old and she has this condition. We are visiting doctors non stop, but I would like to know if you are familiar with the...

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Only 1/3 of the kidney functioning?

Hello! I have only one kidney and I can tell you that only 1/3 of my kidney is functioning. I really do not know what to do. I am looking for useful advices from nice people. I hope that you are one of them. I have heard that you know something more about these things, so, I am contacting you...

by User avatar arne35458789

born with hydronephrosis in left kidney now im 23 and I keep on getting kidney stones.

Answered by a doctor

I was born with hydronephrosis in my left kidney in 1989 my first five years where very difficult from having UTI's, going in and out back and forth every other day and eventually pretty much died and resuscitated back to life. Then one day I was given medicine that boosted my kidney strength and my...

by User avatar Roman

Kidney cysts of fairly lagre size 5.8 x 4.8 cm in upper pole

Today from "USG of whole abdomen", i came to know that my father ( age 65 years) is having multiple well defined fairly large thin walled cysts of varring sizesin both kidneys showing slight irregular outline without calcification or solid component. Largest cyst measeres 5.8 X 4.8 cm seen in uppor...

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Renal Cyst

Hello, What is renal cyst? Why do they occur? Are they hereditary? What is the treatment?

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serratia marcesens

Hi, my brother had fever, frequent and very painful urination. He went to a doctor, and after some tests, it turned out that he has bacteria called serratia marcescens in his urinary tract. Is this infection dangerous?

by User avatar morand1359

Dialysis and diabetes questions.

my father in law has diabetes. he has been struggling to keep in under control. he has been on insulin for a couple of years now and has just gone to the kidney doctor and was told that his counts were low (i am not sure what he means by this). my mother in law was giving me this information ....

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What does a doc suspect if he orders Renal arteriography?

Hi, folks. I had some blood pressure problems. My doctor is running some tests and among other things, he ordered renal arteriography. I am not sure why he did this. What does a doc suspects if he orders such a procedure anyway? I would really like to know this. I hope answering this won’t...

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