Why would a woman be tested for renal obstruction when she has acute renal failure?
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to see if an obstruction is the cause of the renal failure
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I'm not a doctor but I suggest you go see one because you could be in renal (kidney) failure.  Sounds like your kidneys are not flushing poisons from your body, like sodium.
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It could be a kidney infection.
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It would be a strange response to a professional that was following the recommended route to diagnose a condition that can be life-threatening if not recognised and treated correctly.\n\nIf your doctor told you that the purpose of the test is to check for asthma symptoms after the challenge and had the right equipment and medications available to deal with extreme symptoms, he/she was acting in a professionally correct manner.\n\nSueing doctors for doing their job the best way discourages some doctors from doing necessary tests. If this happens, some patients will never get the diagnosis and treatment they need to prevent unnecessary deaths.
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might be a kidney stone.
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Not unless it is renal cell carcinoma. What will affect the kidneys are some of the chemo regimens people go through. The kidneys will filter these drugs out of the system so your doctor will probably check your BUN and creatinine frequently.
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This question is really too general to answer completely.  \nBecause there are many types of kidney diseases, there are many kinds of symptoms that people can experience.  You should go to www.kidney.org (the national kidney foundation website) and take a look at the patient information.\n\nTo address a previous comment, urine output is often confused with kidney function.  The amount of urine made does not tell you about your level of kidney function or whether your kidneys are sick.  Please remember that depending on the cause of kidney disease/failure (chronic or acute), a person could experience low, normal or high amounts of urine output.  The way kidney function is tested is by using laboratory values--the most common value used is called the serum (blood) creatinine level.\n\nThe laundry lists of signs and symptoms that are usually given for kidney failure are LATE symptoms of kidney failure. These generally occur when a person is at a point where their kidneys have failed completely and they require dialysis treatments. Most people with early/moderate kidney failure have NO symptoms at all.  \n\nSo, the most common symptoms of kidney disease are no symptoms at all.  Kidney disease is usually a SILENT disease that is more often then not picked up by checking routine laboratory tests. It is not ususally picked up by symptoms.   Catching kidney disease early is the best way to prevent further kidney damage.   \n\nThe best advice is to check with your doctor and make sure they have checked your level of kidney function. It is important to note that certain diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure, and heart disease are major causes of kidney disease.  If you have these and other predisposing diseases, you need to make sure your doctor checks for kidney problems on a regular basis.  If there is a kidney problem, you may need to be referred to a specialist (nephrologist).
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see a dr. It could be something to do with your kidneys. I waited 2 weeks with a back ache & then I finally ended up in the ER with other complications. I ended up with a severe kidney infection. I'm in the health care field so I should know better. Don't wait anything that is out of the ordinary should be checked out.
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To answer this question, you will need to consult with your doctor.  A radiologist will have to review the CT scan with you doctor in order to determine the significance of the irregular density in the lower poles of your kidneys. You may require an additional CT scan with contrast or and MRI with contrast to determine what these densities are.\n\nA 'renal scan' will not be helpful in this case.  This is a 'functional' test and measures the ability of the kidneys to excrete (pass) a nuclear 'dye'.  It can be used to compare function between your kidney and is often used as a test to help determine a condition where there is decreased blood flow to one of the kidneys (a condition called renal artery stenosis).\n\nIt is important to make sure that these densities are a normal variant and not something that you have to worry about (for example kidney cancer).  Given that they are in the same location and on both sides I would think that this is highly unlikely, but this is always important to determine.  Suggested further testing, if needed, is usually part of a CT report, but I would make sure that these densities are benign.\n\nUnfortunately, you are complaining of pain.  Irregular densities, solitary cysts, and even cancers rarely cause pain.  Medical testing is designed to eliminate (rule out) causes of diseases that are harmful and usually does a good job of this.  However, the absence of any findings on the CT  to explain the pain you are experiencing does not mean that the cause of the pain can't be determined or that the pain can't be treated.  There are many causes of back pain/kidney pain that are not picked up by a CT.\n\nPlease follow up with your doctor and make sure he or she is answering your questions.  Best of luck.
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It is possible that she only had acute renal failure, which required temporary dialysis. If her lab levels are coming back to normal, and her doctors agree, it is possible for her to stop dialysis without complications. However, if she did suffer some kidney damage it is advisable to check her labs labs like once a year, to assess her kidney function. Good luck.
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Hello\n\nI hope you are feeling better soon.\n\nIt does not seem to be a major concern.  Just something to note if you are having urine tests while taking.\n\n- (cited below) While crystalluria has been observed in some intravenous rat studies, urinary crystals are not formed in the bladder, being present only after micturition and are not associated with nephrotoxicity. \n\n- (cited below) It is tempting to associate crystals with a risk of urolithiasis, but the majority of patients with a crystalluria do not have and will not develop kidney stones.\n \nGet better soon :-)
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There is many reasons, if she is overweight or mostly sit leg hanging possibility of vericose veins are there. or if she is having pain while walking may ne thrombophilebitis it is a clot formation in the blood vessels. Or other reasons are any renal problem in which kindney fails to work properly and urinary output decrease. so the fluid retention is there. and many more reason are there for legs swelling
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Is your ureter narrowing or blocked again?  Strictures or inflamation in the ureter, due to a kidney stone even, could cause the blood in the urine.  You mentioned you're having a cysto in a week; I wouldn't wait.  Call your doctor now and let him/her know what's going on.  Or, if the blood in your urine increases or you have pain just go directly to the nearest Emergency Room.  At least you'll be treated sooner than later.
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normally kidney function
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Treatment for kidney failure varies, depending on whether the problem is acute, chronic or end-stage.\n\nAcute kidney failure\nAlthough not every person with acute kidney failure can regain normal kidney function, in many cases acute kidney failure is reversible.\n\nIn all cases, the first goal is to treat the illness or injury that originally damaged your kidneys. Once that's under control, the focus will be on preventing the accumulation of excess fluids and wastes in your blood while your kidneys heal. This is best accomplished by limiting your fluid intake and following a high-carbohydrate, low-protein, low-potassium diet.\n\nYour doctor may prescribe calcium, glucose or sodium polystyrene sulfonate (Kayexalate) to prevent the accumulation of high levels of potassium in your blood. You may also need to undergo dialysis to help remove toxins and excess fluids from your body while your kidneys are healing.\n\nChronic kidney failure\nChronic kidney failure has no cure, but treatment can help control symptoms, reduce complications and slow the progress of the disease.\n\nThe first priority is controlling the condition responsible for your kidney failure and its complications. If you have diabetes or high blood pressure (hypertension), for instance, that means carefully following your doctor's recommendations for diet and exercise and taking any medications as directed.\n\nIn addition, following a proper diet is extremely important in treating kidney failure itself. Restricting the amount of protein you eat may help slow the progress of the disease. It can also help ease such symptoms as nausea, vomiting and lack of appetite. You'll likely need to limit the amount of salt in your diet to help control high blood pressure. Over time, you may also need to restrict the amount of potassium and phosphorous you consume.\n\nIf you have high blood pressure, your doctor will prescribe medications that both lower your blood pressure and help preserve kidney function. These include the blood pressure-lowering medications known as angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II (A-II) receptor blockers.\n\nYour doctor may also prescribe medications to help deal with complications.\n\nEnd-stage renal disease\nBy the time end-stage renal disease develops, the conservative measures used to treat chronic kidney failure — diet, medications and controlling the underlying cause and complications — are no longer enough. The kidneys aren't able to support life on their own, and dialysis or a kidney transplant becomes the only option.\n\nThe exact point at which this is needed varies from person to person. In most cases, doctors try to manage chronic kidney failure as long as possible because both dialysis and transplantation are serious undertakings that can be life threatening. Eventually, however, a time may come when their benefits outweigh their risks.\n\nDialysis is an artificial means of removing waste products and extra fluid from your blood when your kidneys aren't able to do this on their own. It's not a miracle cure, and it presents significant risks, including infection. Still, it can help prolong life for people with end-stage renal disease.\n\nThere are several different types of kidney dialysis. They include:\n\nHemodialysis. The most common form of dialysis is known as hemodialysis. It removes extra fluids, chemicals and wastes from your bloodstream by filtering your blood through an artificial kidney (dialyzer). Blood is pumped out of your body to the artificial kidney through a vascular access that's created surgically, usually in your arm or leg. Inside the artificial kidney, your blood moves across membranes that filter out wastes. Less than 1 cup of blood is outside your body at any one time. Most people require approximately 12 hours of dialysis each week, usually divided into three sessions. \nPeritoneal dialysis. Instead of filtering your blood through a machine, this type of d
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I'm sure that your blood has been analyzed time and again, and most blood tests would show kidney problems. However, your kidneys can control all of these symptoms, and kidney failure is not that uncommon following childbirth. People tend to think of the kidney as urine producers, but they are responsible in part for regulating many bodily functions because of hormone secretion. You've been to all these other specialists, why not try a nephrologist (kidney specialist). Besides nephrologist are generally well versed in people with mutilple symptoms and multiple organ failures. Just my 2 cents. BTW I've been a nurse working in kidney related areas for the past 7years.
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you will have kidney problems