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Reply: Nutcracker Syndrome??
That may be because not all cases are symptomatic, and because of the wide range of variation between...
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Reply: Duplication of Ureters
What kind of surgery did you have done? I had a RPLND performed after being diagnosed with testicular cancer....
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Reply: GFR
A lot depends on her age, and any chronic and ongoing conditions that might tend to advance renal disease. (A...
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GFR
my wife's tests have shown GFR of 32 for last three years. She feels pretty good, not tired or anything like...
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Reply: Kidney lobulated
It's not clear from your question whether the renal cortex itself is lobulated, or whether it is the...
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Congestive Heart Failure & Hemodialysis
I have been on hemodialysis for almost 7 years. Unfortunately, I am also encountering CHF a lot. Does anyone...
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Reply: Kidney masses
Nephrologists deal with all the complex biochemical process of the kidneys, everything from signalling bone...
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Reply: Duplication of Ureters
It is not ungeard of, about 1% of the total population. It is often not a problem, but in almost all cases,...
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Reply: Kidney failure
In some cases it mught. However if the patient is experiencing a chronic fever, then there could be dozens of...
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Reply: kidney pain
It really depends on where it is (how low, how high, right or left, how far around, where does it start and...
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kidney pain
I have had lower back pain for several days now..need some advice..on how to deal with back pain..
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Reply: Mass In The Kidney
I'd suggest that you wait for the test results. There are a LOT of different types of renal 'masses' that are...
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Reply: had kidney cancer and having pain in the only kidn...
Do you have a doctor that you trust, a urologist, an oncologist, maybe a gastroenterologist? Pains in the...
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Reply: Anyone with neonatal hydronephrosis (since from bi...
Hello, My son's story is similar. He is 8 now but I can offer what I know as of now. He had a robotic...
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Reply: Fifth Stage Kidney Failure
Thank you SO MUCH!! You are a wonderful resource. My best wishes with your kidneys. My friend is 84 years old,...
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Reply: Symptoms of Kidney disease
Yes. It could come from the slow biuldup or urea and other waste products in the blood, or it could come...
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Symptoms of Kidney disease
My mother has been told she is in 4-5 stage kidney failure. She has been having these acute periods of where...
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Fifth Stage Kidney Failure
I have a friend who has asked me to find out what this is. That is what she has been told she has.
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Fifth Stage Kidney Failure
I have a friend who has asked me to find out what this is. That is what she has been told she has.
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Reply: Double ureter
I found out about two years ago thatI have a double tubing on my right kidney which the Urologist stated that...
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Reply: Creatinine and Microalbumin
Microalbumin is generally used as a very early marker of renal disease, particularly in diabetic patients. ...
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Reply: kidney disease
Maybe, but do NOT try it without the advice of your nephrologist. Some renal patients lose more protein to...
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Reply: Serum Creatinine and weight gain
thanks John... I appreciate the quick response... I don't do well with having to do these kidney blood tests as...
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Kidney or back? Help!
Okay so my mother has had a plethora of health issues and now we are here. She has been having extreme pain in...
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Reply: MGN
I don't know that there is any single therapy that is always tried for recurrences of membranous (or possibly...
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Reply: kidney function
This might indicate a urinary infection. Healthy urine is normally sterile and has almost no odor at all. The...
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Reply: Anyone with Gitelman's syndrome
Dear Beth,
Hopefully,you still read these emails. I also,suffer from Gitelman's syndrome. I was...
. I ALWAYS hurt and ALWAYS are tired. Hopefully, you will reply back. By the way,yes I did finish school,worked for 10 yrs & then had to retire.
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Reply: non functioning kidney
I was born with one non functioning kidney. It wasnt formed completely. Recently a cyst formed on it. I have...
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Double Ureter in 3-year-old
My daughter has had a double ureter on her right side at Stage 4 in both tubes since she was born. She was on...
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