Hydronephrosis
A condition characterized by excess fluid in a kidney due to a backup of urine.
Dr. Geoffrey Rutledge reviewed this
39 year experience in Internal Medicine
How long it usually lasts:
How common it is:
Baby 0-2 | Very common | ||||
Preteen 6-13 | Very common | ||||
Teenager 14-18 | Very common | ||||
Young adult 19-40 | Very common | ||||
Middle-aged adult 41-60 | Very common |
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A 37-year old asked:
Causes of hydronephrosis?
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A 32-year old asked:
Mild hydronephrosis cause pain?
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A 30-year old asked:
What is unilateral hydronephrosis?
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A 26-year old female asked:
What are the symptoms of hydronephrosis?
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A 37-year old asked:
What's some medicine for hydronephrosis?
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A 30-year old female asked:
How serious is developing hydronephrosis?
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A 29-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: hydronephrosis?
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A 32-year old asked:
What do you suggest if my unborn babyboy has unilateral hydronephrosis?
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A 42-year old asked:
Can hydronephrosis cause pylonephritis?
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A 46-year old asked:
Can cycloset syrup be used on patients with hydronephrosis?
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A 31-year old male asked:
What is the difference between hydroureteronephrosis and hydronephrosis?
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A 32-year old asked:
Can you tell me about hydronephrosis of kidney and what are the consequences?
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A 43-year old asked:
What is best medicine to be taken when it was diagnose with moderate hydronephrosis secondary to proximal ureterolithiases?
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A 40-year old asked:
How is fetal hydronephrosis diagnosed?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Can an ultrasound pick up hydronephrosis?
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A 33-year old asked:
What's the treatment for a child who has hydronephrosis?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is hydronephrosis/pelviectasis a sign of down's syndrome?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Is it ok to drink lots of water if I have mild hydronephrosis?
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A 44-year old asked:
My unborn baby boy has unilateral hydronephrosis. What is this?
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A 53-year old female asked:
What is hydronephrosis? It showed up on a recent reneal ultrasound.
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A 39-year old asked:
What is left mega urethra and unilateral hydronephrosis? What causes it?
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A 42-year old asked:
How is diagnosis hydronephrosis secondary to staghorn calculi diagnosed?
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A 42-year old asked:
What is right hydronephrosis and proximal hydroureter? What causes these?
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A 41-year old asked:
What does this diagnosis mean? Hydronephrosis secondary to staghorn calculi?
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A 27-year old female asked about a female:
My daughter has hydronephrosis. No reflux, no obstruction. What can cause this?
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A 42-year old asked:
What is left hydronephrosis with upj subrenal obstruction? What are the treatment options?
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A 39-year old asked:
Can i get some advice for mild hydronephrosis in 2 month male child. What is best treatment?
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A 43-year old asked:
After having hydronephrosis in my right kidney it is only functioning at 25%. What is the percentage for saving a kidney, or removing it ?
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A 30-year old female asked:
My USG shows,32wks pg.With mild to moderate bilateral hydronephrosis of foetus.wht is the fate of baby after birth?I am really worried.Wht should i do
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A 37-year old male asked:
My child had been diagnosed to have antenatal hydronephrosis. The baby is one month old now and the swelling is still there. What can be done to make?
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