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KUB
KUB stands for kidney, ureter, and bladder. It is plain radiograph originally looking for calcifications or stones in kidneys , ureters, and bladder. It is also useful for detecting some bowel abnormalities such as bowel obstruction,free air in abdomen, enlargement of spleen , and regional skeletal abnormalities.
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A 35-year old asked:
What is a kub?
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A 37-year old asked:
What is the diseases when u have kub?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: kub?
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A 36-year old male asked:
To dr. Paxton danilel: i already saw a nephrologis fyi. And he just told me to have another kub utz after a year. And what can you say about it?
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A 40-year old asked:
I just had kub. I want to know what is meant by bilateral pelvocalyceal fullness?
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A 31-year old asked:
What does a kub X-ray show?
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A 38-year old asked:
Why is a kub that is done to kidneys?
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A 36-year old asked:
How to identify the poison and treatment.a kub is obtained.what do you expect?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I underwent kub utz and the finding is "renal parenchymal disease, bilateral". Is this finding accurate and definitive?
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A 36-year old male asked:
What this means in USG KUB REPORT ? IMPRESSION: Mild fullness of the right upper ureter and collecting system of the right kidney.
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A 45-year old female asked:
Today I had a XR UGI w KUB and really having cramps in my R side is this normal? It aches to move and bend. Or could this be another issue?
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A 42-year old asked:
What is the procedure kub for blasting a kidney stone?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Is kub utz finding "renal parenchymal disease, bilateral" a death sentence for me now?
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A 46-year old female asked:
What's the difference between whole abdomen ultrasound and KUB ultrasound ? Is KUB ultrasound more detailed?
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A 48-year old asked:
Have md appt tomorrow.Just collected thin red tissue from my hematuric urine.Had kub this am.What conditions can I read about?
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A 50-year old female asked:
How long does bloating take to go away i've been bloated for like three weeks very constapated what do I do had kub said i had fos?
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A 36-year old male asked:
Now that i was diagnosed thru kub utz that I have renal parenchymal disease, bilateral, how can I live normally now? I will die young. Oh my god!
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A 23-year old male asked about a 25-year old female:
My usg kub report-moderate hydronephrosis, dilated upper part of uretor, however cause of obstruction couldn't be visualized uuj is clear. Explain?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Can other organs be seen in KUB ultrasound? Or just the kidneys and bladder?
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A 37-year old male asked:
What does "RENAL PARENCHYMAL DISEASE" in the KUB Ultrasound mean? What's the cure to this?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I had kub ultrasound and the finding is "renal parenchymal disease, bilateral". How long will i live?
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A 28-year old male asked:
Hi Doctor, I need to know the meaning of "In suspended respiration 5 mm axial sections of the kub region were obtained" which is specified in my repor?
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A female asked:
Please can you interpret or explain this for me. NORMAL SIZED KIDNEYS WITH DIFFUSE PARENCHYMAL DISEASE.. that is my father result in his KUB UTZ.. tnx?
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A 36-year old male asked:
I had kub utz in april and it says renal parenciymal disease. I had kub utz again just yesterday in another center and it is normal sonogram of kidney?
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A 44-year old female asked:
Can KUB show polyps and/or colon cancer?
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A 36-year old male asked:
What's the cure to my kub ultrasound finding "renal parenchymal disease, bilateral"?
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A 55-year old female asked:
Has a kub xray today for kidney stone it was normal does that mean kidney stone passed?
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A 36-year old male asked:
What's the cure to the kub ultrasound finding which reads "renal parenchymal disease, bilateral"?
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A 25-year old male asked:
In ultra sound kub left kidney shows minimal hydronephrosis, would u please tell me surgery is required or not?
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A male asked:
If I havent passed my kidney stone would a kub show the stone still there? What are after effects after passing stone
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