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A member asked:
Who is the doctor who handles urinary problems? urologist or nephrologist?
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Both: A nephrologist is an internal medicine physician with a subspecialty/focus on kidney diseases. A urologist is a surgeon who deals with diseases related to the urinary system.
Answered 7/11/2016
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Quality vs. Flow: A nephrologist is consulted for matters regarding the ability of the kidney to clear toxins from the blood stream into the urine compartment. This includes electrolytes, water, and components of kidney stones. A urologist assists, among many things, with the issues of flow. Kidney/ureter/prostate//bladder obstruction by tumors or stones, for example.
Answered 7/11/2016
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Urologist: Urologist handles urinary problems and kidney tumors. Nephrologists handle all other kidney problems but not tumors.
Answered 1/29/2017
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Urinary problems: Both will handle these; urologist specializes in anatomy and bladder and ureter and will perform surgery; nephrologist specializes in urine and blood chemistry, protein in urine, red cells in urine; kidney impairment; kidney inflammation.
Answered 7/11/2016
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Here are some...: Nephrologist is specialized in adjusting & applying drugs in treating any kidney diseases leading to kidney failure, and urologists are dealing with other conditions of urinary tracts like any blockage, tumors, stones, etc. of kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, urethra, or men's organs. In short, nephrologist is a sub-specialist of internal medicine and urologist, that of surgery.
Answered 11/28/2017
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