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Reply: Polycystic Kidney Disease
You really need to see a doc and get regular kidney lab work done. It tends to progress silently until you...
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Reply: complex kidney cyst
Sorry, for clarity, I only had the cyst removed, not my kidney:)
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kidney spasms
Hi, Im 29yrs old and have been having left kidney spasms and blood in my urine off and on for the last...
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Reply: pregnancy w/ 1 kidney
My transplant center did a study on kidney donors and some of the things they found were that women who...
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Reply: Nephroptosis & laparoscopic nephropexy
Hi there, I'm so sorry! I just noticed how long it's been since you posted your questions. Did you stil...
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Reply: kidney stone analysis
The great majority of renal stones are calcium oxalte or calcium urate, but there is a wide variety of...
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Reply: chronic renal insuff.
The ammonia odor is often a sign of infection. Bacteria can often break down urea into ammonia and water and...
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Reply: Creatinine 1.7
creatinine is in the urine. It tells the doctor how well your kidneys are working
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Reply: Peritoneal Dialysis
We have submitted the used dialysate once, but the results were not passed on to us. Thank you for that...
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Episodes of Kidney Stones
I have had 3 episodes of kidney stones, at one time my urine looked like coffee. All three episodes I went to the...
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Reply: nephropexy for nephroptosis
Cracket, Did you ever have surgery? How are you doing?
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Reply: Kidney
There is an older drug, the brand name is Rocaltrol, but it has been around a long time and might be...
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Reply: Anyone with Gitelman's syndrome
You might want to check back with her DR. She shouldn't take Amiloride HCL. Take plain Amiloride. The HCL...
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Reply: laxatives for renal failure patients
My nephrologist gave me something called lactulose. I would check with the docs before taking anything...
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Reply: IGA, Tylenol and respiratory infections
Thank you MrsCora, I think you are probably right. Rarely have them and with the antibiotics I just had I have to...
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Reply: Horseshoe Kidney
It isn't entirely clear what they are discussing here: if they mean "urinary" circulation, then I haven't...
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Newbie
Hi ALl, Thank you for all of your posts as this is a very scary thing to navigate. I am a 39 year old mom of...
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Hi ALl, Thank you for all of your posts as this is a very scary thing to navigate. I am a 39 year old mom of...
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Reply: kidney dialasys
Unfortunately that isn't much more specific. At any rate, I'm assuming that the insert the needle through...
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Reply: Nephropexy?
Melissa, Thank you so much for this information, I will be contacting the hosp this coming week. Finding a...
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Reply: removal of complex kidney cyst
I had my surgery in the United States. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Shadyside.
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Reply: proteinuria, frustrated with nephrologist
Thanks for your reply. Take care.
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Reply: Double ureter
Thank you for your reply, but I had one of those done several years ago. Maybe they will do another one...
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dual collecting system with mega ureter
My son was diagnosed with a dual collecting system with a mega ureter which had a grade five reflux,...
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Reply: Medullary Cystic...at age 25?!
Not necessarily: we have to separate "renal function" from "infection" and "pain". This makes at least two,...
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Reply: Ongoing symptoms, indecision on next step
As you have already gathered, I am very concerned about the ill effects of the metals staying in my body....
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Reply: Had a CT scan....this what they found.Is this bad?
It would be good to know if the obstruction is still present or not, and what the options are for clearing or...
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Reply: compensatory hypertrophy of the kidneys
mia-- "Hypoplasia" generally manifests as a lower than expected number of functioning nephrons in the...
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Reply: 4 months post surgery question
The numbness is not very surprising: often tiny nerves can get moved, nicked, or cut during surgeries....
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Any Doctors in the Chicago area that specialize in...
My 21 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with Gitelmans. Any specialists that anyone can recommend in...
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