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Unfortunately the preferred treatment is surgical. One is almost always smaller than the other, and the smaller one tends to block more and cause more trouble. So the best option is usually to remove the smaller structure. In a few cases the problem ureter can be injected with a substance that more or less completely closes it off so that built up urine and infections do not develop.
In your case there might be a small stone in the ureter, but I suspect that the more likely cause of the pain is inflammation and potential infection.
It really does need evaluation by a urologist and probably needs treatment at some point.View Thread

Probably the only way to be sure is to follow up with a different method like CT or MRI (as was recommended previously).
There are a number of different types of renal masses that are non-malignant. So it might also be that there are small vascular or fatty lesions on the kidney that are not cysts but also are not cancerous. You have to follow up with your local doc and probably get some additional testing done to know once and for all.View Thread

Try something else for the heartburn, calcium carbonate, maybe, or an over the counter version of omeprazole or some other PPI.View Thread

I don't have any specific guesses as to the cause in your case, but keep that muscle/protein breakdown thing in mind when considering possible causes in your everyday life. You might come up with a plausible answer by noticing something at home that the docs didn't see in the hospital where activity is hardly the usual routine.View Thread

You really need to be in touch with a qualified nephrologist on a regular basis.View Thread

Depending on whether any pain is present, the rate of urinary infections, etc., those things will affect whether the docs advise treating soon or waiting a few years. As mentioned, a lot of cases just sort themselves out as the body grows and the organs take on their final form and position.
And some additional tests might indicate whether there is some structural problem with the ureter-bladder path that might benefit from surgery or other intervention.
It's just impossible to make any general assumptions. It is, however, probably safe to assume that there is not yet any severe permanent damage to the kidney, as long as the blood test numbers look good, and urinary infections are not very frequent or hard to treat.
Talk to the doc in detail for more specifics, since the local doc has all the relevant test results.View Thread

I think that, unless you have some unusual protein requirements, you might be better off reducing protein intake overall to about 90-100g/day. Most Western diets push FAR too much protein through the system. (And despite the lies that muscle-building, weight-gain diets foist off on the public, any amount that you cannot use is just expensive waste. The body can only use so much, no matter how much is available, and getting rid of the excess stresses the kidneys and liver, and increases rates of intestinal cancers.)
Now, with Berger's or IGA nephropathy or any similar disorder, there is often fairly significant protein loss to urine. I'd go by the serum total protein and serum albumin numbers on your blood tests. As long as the amount of circulating albumin is near or slightly below the center of the reference range (35-50 g/L), then I'd think that this is a more than adequate but fairly safe number. Obviously you don't want it to fall below the range over the long term since at that point be body begins to cannibalize itself, breaking down lean muscle tissue to support the albumin in the bloodstream.View Thread

You don't mention her age, but this condition is very common in neonates and infants, since the urinary structures are not fully developed. These cases often, but not always, resolve spontaneously.
In adults, the cause is often an obstruction to the free-flow of urine: a stone, a narrowing of the ureter, inflammation or scarring from an infection.
There are a lot of treatment options, depending on the exact cause.View Thread

Sorry I can't help, but it's really for you and the doc to decide on your best options.View Thread

The nausea could stem from the renal failure, or from the morphine, or both. Some patients to better with demerol than morphine, but others get nausea with either one.
Some of the pain, for example muscle cramping, could be affected by renal function via the mechanism of potassium levels, but it likely has another cause.
Blood levels of chemical due to renal failure can cause some of the symptoms you describe (hallucinations, agitation, etc,) but more often just cause the patient to sleep more and more. Ask the doc about the drugs and these symptoms.
10% residual function is really fairly low to start theraphy; the standard is more like 15%, 20% for diabetics. Obviously each patient is different, and the cardiac condition might be one reason to delay, since hemodialysis places fairly significant additional stresses on the cardiovascular system.View Thread
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