Dr. Rajesh Boorgu
Nephrology and Dialysis
Florence, AL
29 years experience male
Locations
Shoals Kidney and Hypertension Center
Florence, AL
Phone
Practice website
Insurances accepted
Blue Cross Blue Shield Of Alabama
Office
Florence, AL
About
Bio
I am a full time practicing nephrologist with board certifications in Nephrology, Internal Medicine, and American Society of Hypertension. I believe in delivering commpassionate care and good communication.
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Doctors may have more than one area of specialty interest. Board certification in a specialty area means the doctor has completed formal training and has practice experience in that specialty, and has passed the certification examination from the corresponding accredited medical specialty board.
Nephrology and Dialysis
Licenses
United States: Alabama, Tennessee
Languages spoken
Telugu
Doctor Q&A
201 Answers
183 Agrees
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajesh Boorguanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 29 years experience
Other way around: Usually it is the decreased cardiac function that leads to kidney failure due to lack of blood flow. However, the two illnesses in general share many ... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Yes: This is usually done if there is a serious infection/abscess in the kidney or if has failed. Sometimes, the failed kidney can continue to promote an i... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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DASH diet: The dietary approach to systolic hypertension (dash) diet is quite effective.
www.dashdiet.org.
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Yes: Other possible diuretics include Furosemide (lasix) or torsemide (demadex), or chlorthalidone. Your doctor an help you decide which is best for you.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Removal of kidney: Surgical removal of kidney for any number of causes.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Diagnostic test: A 24-hour urine collection is a simple diagnostic procedure that measures the components of urine. The test is noninvasive (the skin is not pierced), ... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Consider kidney infection: If your symptoms include fever pain frequent urination and difficulty and or pain with urination it is likely that you have a serious kidney infection... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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IV medications: If the high blood pressure is extremely high called accelerated hypertension or hypertensive emergency, the fastest ways to reduce blood pressure is t... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Very unlikely : This finding is considered a normal variant. I am not aware of any time that this has caused pain in any of my patients.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Iso-view is a type of IV contrast dye used for radiological studies. It can cause kidney failure in some instances. The risk factors are increased age... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 29 years experience
When kidneys fail: Dialysis is started when the function of the kidneys is inadequate to remove the metabolic byproducts of metabolism. In practice this is usually deter... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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Hypoglycemia: Overdose of either Insulin or some oral agents for diabetes causes hypoglycemia or low blood sugar. This can lead to altered mental status or coma in ... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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High potassium: The main side effects include high potassium level, but low blood pressure can also result, kidney function should also be monitored.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
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High potassium: The main side effects include high potassium level, but low blood pressure can also result, kidney function should also be monitored.
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A 55-year-old female asked:
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Not likely: Stage 3 kidney disease does not usually cause pruritis. Do have it checked though as it may have got worse.
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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More fruit in diet: Do a internet search for dash diet. You can eat more fruits rich in potassium such as tomatoes oranges bananas. The dash ( dietary approach to stop hy... Read More
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Fish lean poultry: I usually reccomend fish, lean poultry and egg whites. Lentils are also a good source of protein and are compatible with vegetarian diet.
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A 22-year-old member asked:
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Gastric ulcer: The symptoms you describe are consistent with a gastric ulcer. This may be associated with nausea vomiting and maybe dark stools or blood in stool. Ei... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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See below: The physiology of the kidney is complicated but the short answer is that ras tricks the kidney into thinking it is not getting enough blood. It compen... Read More
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A 21-year-old member asked:
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Maybe longer: I have seen the effects last upto three days in an older patient with kidney failure.
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 29 years experience
Variable: Each patient is different but this typically occurs at blood sugars greater than 500 mg/dl.
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A 44-year-old member asked:
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Possibly: Lasix (furosemide) is a drug meant to remove excess fluid and sodium from the body. If too much is taken, or intake drops substantially it can cause d... Read More
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A 40-year-old member asked:
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See below : Basically hypo-volumic shock is caused by loss of electrolytes and water from the body. Hemmorhagic shock on the other hand suggests massive loss of b... Read More
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Nephrology and Dialysis 29 years experience
Access: You may be referring to the patient's arterio venous graft. This is used to allow the dialysis to be performed. It is where the needles are placed in... Read More
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A 34-year-old member asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 29 years experience
Yes: Yes many patients are either born with one kidney or have to have a resection. The remaining kidney can be overworked to compensate for loss of tissue... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Complicated question: Definitive diagnosis will require renal biopsy.
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A 19-year-old female asked:
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What else: Foul smelling urine by itself may not mean much but if associated with frequent urination, burning, back pain, or fever. It may suggest a urinary trac... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Several mechanisms: Increased hydration may assist in excreting sodium. The other major theory involves drinking ice cold water. Every milliliter of fluid consumed requir... Read More
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A 49-year-old member asked:
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Salt restriction: Water retention is actually usually caused by sodium retention. That easiest way to reduce water retention is to reduce the amount of sodium intake. T... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
Dr. Rajesh Boorguanswered
Nephrology and Dialysis 29 years experience
DASH diet: The dietary approach to systolic hypertension diet is quite effective. It can easily be found with a google search. Also sodium intake should be redu... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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ADA diet: American diabetes association has specific diet recommendations for diabetics. The dash diet is designed for high blood pressure but is also good for ... Read More
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A 30-year-old male asked:
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Cardiomyopathy : The description you provided is consistent with dilated cardiomyopathy. This condition is also commonly called congestive heart failure. It basically ... Read More
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A 60-year-old male asked:
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Kidney Failure: If this was not present previously, than the illnesses that he is having in the hospital are leading his kidneys to fail. This may be a reversible con... Read More
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A 41-year-old member asked:
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Many things: Swelling of the feet is called pedal edema. It can be caused by several things including kidney failure, heart failure, liver failure. A blood clot in... Read More
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A 31-year-old female asked:
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Consider kidney infection: If your symptoms include fever pain frequent urination and difficulty and or pain with urination it is likely that you have a serious kidney infection... Read More
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A 53-year-old member asked:
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Kidney function: The decision to initiate dialysis usually is based on several factors. First laboratory testing can be performed to estimate the glomerular filtration... Read More
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A 33-year-old female asked:
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Abnormal: If your six year old has blood sugars as you reported he probably has diabetes. He needs to see a physician and maybe will need to start treatment.
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A 28-year-old male asked:
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Hypokalemia: The medical term is as above. Most labs and clinicians define hypokalemia as a level less than 3.5 meq/l .In addition, one can have total body depleti... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Several things: The most likely is inadequate collection of urine such that some of the 24 hour sample was discarded. Other causes are low muscle mass, which can occu... Read More
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A 37-year-old member asked:
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Yes: Yes this is called polyuria and is caused by the high concentration sugar on the urine . It is called an osmotic diuresis and ultimately results in in... Read More
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A 43-year-old member asked:
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Helpful: The adrenergic response to water splash may help stimulate respiration and cardiovascular function possible raise blood pressure.
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A 48-year-old member asked:
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Very likely: Although the urine test are quite sensitive if used properly, the result should be confirmed with ultrasound and four plasma test for bhcg.
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A 26-year-old female asked:
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Sometimes: Previously it was thought that once damaged kidneys could not improve. I have been noticing though that with right combination of diet, medical manage... Read More
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A 45-year-old member asked:
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Possible: That is not a typical symptom of that drug combo but i suppose it could happen if you became volume depleted or dehydrated. Make sure you are not taki... Read More
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A 24-year-old member asked:
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Several things: Elevated urine protein is a sign of a dysfunction in the filtrating component of the kidney most of the time. In the United States, the most common ca... Read More
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A 30-year-old member asked:
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Not really: Although stress may make high blood pressure worse the two are really independent problems. Each should be treated appropriately but a healthy lifesty... Read More
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A 38-year-old female asked:
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Nephrology and Dialysis 29 years experience
Salt restriction: Water retention is actually usually caused by sodium retention. That easiest way to reduce water retention is to reduce the amount of sodium intake. T... Read More
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A 42-year-old member asked:
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Probably not urine: The blood you see is probably not from urine but from the menstrual cycle itself. That being said, i can't think of any relationship between menstruat... Read More
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A 34-year-old male asked:
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See below: The blood sugar looks ok but the feeling faint with activity is worrisome. If these symptoms persist after drinking enough fluid i think an er visit i... Read More
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A 46-year-old member asked:
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Probably not : The two medications have opposite effects on blood pressure so it would seem counterproductive to take them together.
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Jul 15, 2014
Dr.Boorgu gives very helpful and knowledgeable advice. Healthtap patients are lucky to have him.
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Mar 30, 2015
Dr. Boorgu is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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Mar 31, 2015
Dr. Boorgu is an amazing doctor! #nationaldoctorsday2015 #virtualflower1
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All test done kidneys 100% my son is 11and blood and protein still recurring. Never any infection. He is very unwell when this happens. ?
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This was very helpful. Thanks! Cool! I was looking for info on this subject. You explained it well.
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Thank you, your answer was very helpful! Will. It cause dependant edema of the feet?
Education & Training
Medical/Graduate school
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine, IL
Graduated 1994MD
Awards
Fellow of American Society of Nephrology
Most Influential, Second Place, Birmingham, AL - Winter
2013
Top Nephrologist, First Place, Alabama - Winter
2013
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