A 42-year-old member asked:
how is diagnosis hydronephrosis secondary to staghorn calculi diagnosed?
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Dr. George Klauber answered
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
CT scan is best: Kidney ultrasound is not the best modality for diagnosis of staghorn calculus. It is very good in diagnosing hydronephrosis. Most cost effective way, which will give an accurate diagnosis is a plain abdominal X-ray plus kidney ultrasound.
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A 22-year-old member asked:
How the hidroneprosis is cure?
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Dr. Danny Proffitt answered
Family Medicine 43 years experience
???? your question: Hydronephrosis is back pressure on the kidney due to obstruction. This can have many causes. A stone, a stricture, a tumor, uric acid, infection, and many other things can cause hydronephrosis. If you have this, work with your pcp, urologist, interventional radiologist and others to appropriately treat this condition. You need to save all the kidney function you can.
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A 30-year-old member asked:
What is unilateral hydronephrosis?
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Dr. George Klauber answered
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
Retained urine: Results in kidney swelling, most commonly due to obstruction between the kidney pelvis (urine funnel) and ureter which drains urine into bladder (uretero-pelvis junction obstruction), less commonly due to obstruction at bladder end of ureter or bladder reflux, in both cases ureter will will also be swollen. Unilateral means that hydronephrosis is only present on one side.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Can cycloset syrup be used on patients with hydronephrosis?
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Dr. George Klauber answered
Specializes in Pediatric Urology
No contraindication: Should affect or be affected by hydronephrosis.
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A 35-year-old member asked:
What is hydronphrosis?
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Dr. Ed Friedlander answered
Pathology 44 years experience
Hydronephrosis: Extra fluid in the renal pelvis, either because the ureter is blocked or the rest of the kidney has shrunk.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
What are treatments for hydronephrosis?
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Dr. David Vandersteen answered
Pediatric Urology 31 years experience
Depends on the cause: Hydronephrosis is a symptom (fluid in the kidney and or ureter) not a disease. Treatment depends on discovering its underlying cause. Potential causes include: obstruction from stones, clots, or tumors, infection, reflux, excess fluid ingestion or excretion, among many others. See your urologist.
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