Question 1

what causes an enlarged kidney so large i can feel it poking out of my abdomen?

Accepted Answer

See below: Most common cause of such enlarged kidneys is polycystic kidney disease, this is a inherited condition .It is important to seee a doctor and check your blood pressure as high blood presssure invariably accompanies this disorder.

Question 2

what could having an enlarged kidney indicate?

Accepted Answer

Many causes: Multiple conditions: early diabetic kidney disease, HIV associated nephropathy, hydronephrosis, cystic kidney disease, amyloidosis, granulomatuous kidney disease (sarcoidosis, tb).

Question 3

what do you suggest if my main concern is my liver. i think its enlarged and my kidneys have been feeling weird lately. is there anything i can take for this?

Accepted Answer

Liver problem?: Before you consider treating a problem, be sure you have one. If you feel your liver is enlarged, you need to find out why, and if, it is. See a physician for an examination and some blood tests and a urine analysis (UA). If there is no liver enlargement found when you are examined and your blood work and UA show no liver or kidney compromise, you do not have a problem and need no treatment.

Question 4

what causes an enlarged kidney and kidney stones?

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Obstruction.: A kidney that is obstructed  by a kidney stone can swell in a condition called hydronephrosis. This can, over time, affect the function of the kidney. Kidney stones can form when solutes in the urine come out of solution. The exact cause in an individual is usually not known, but there is likely a genetic component and known risk factors such as dehydration, high-salt, high-protein diet.

Question 5

what can cause an enlarged kidney?

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Several things:: Blockage of the ureter (e.g. Stones, tumors, valves) can lead to accumulation of fluid in the urinary space, leading to the most common form of enlargement called hydronephrosis. Severe urine reflux from the bladder can cause this as well. The organ itself can be enlarged in inflammation, such as a kidney infection; infiltration by cancer; or if there is a large or multiple kidney cysts.

Question 6

what does an enlarged kidney actually mean?

Accepted Answer

Could be nothing: Kidney size correlates some with the body size. However, a blockage of kidney makes it swell and be large but the diagnosis is not going to be an elarged kidney but an obstructed kidney. Another reason is early in diabetic kidney disease where the kidneys get bigger early then start slowly shrinking over the years. Usually patient has diabetes and protein increase in urine.

Question 7

what does an enlarged kidney mean in a fetus?

Accepted Answer

Large kidney: Depends on the other details.  The kidney could be malformed, there could be a tumor, the kidney could be obstructed on one side or if both kidneys are enlarged then much of the urinary tract is likley obstructed.  I would need more specific information to give a more specific answer.

Question 8

could the bulge in my lower left back under my ribs be an enlarged kidney?

Accepted Answer

See below: I doubt, the kidney as more likely to be felt in the front of the abdomen, the structures in your back  eg the big muscles, prevent it from showing up in the back.

Question 9

what is a common cause for an enlarged kidney?

Accepted Answer

HYDRONEPHROSIS: A swollen kidney typically is due to a backflow or sluggish through flow out of it and into the bladder.
Kidney stones/ bladder area blockage/massive prostate size and of course tumors are the most common causes. Usually your other kidney keeps things going until over burdened. This can cause kidney failure or significant irreversible damage.

Question 10

does kidney stones effect on liver enlarge?

Accepted Answer

No,: kidney stones do not affect the size of the liver.

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