Kidney stone disease, also known as renal calculus disease, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis, is a crystallopathy where a solid piece of material (renal...
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Kidney disease, or renal disease, technically referred to as nephropathy, is damage to or disease of a kidney. Nephritis is an inflammatory kidney disease...
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Polycystic kidney disease (PKD or PCKD, also known as polycystic kidney syndrome) is a genetic disorder in which the renal tubules become structurally...
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Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a type of long-term kidney disease, in which either there is a gradual loss of kidney function which occurs over a period...
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kidney stone disease. Colonization with O. formigenes has been observed to results in a decrease in urinary oxalate and reduced frequency of kidney stones...
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Renal ultrasonography (redirect from Kidney ultrasound)
kidneys using medical ultrasound. Ultrasonography of the kidneys is essential in the diagnosis and management of kidney-related diseases. The kidneys...
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The chronic kidney disease of the cat (CKD or CNE) – also called chronic renal insufficiency (CRI or CNI) or chronic renal failure (CRF) in the older literature –...
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Excretory system (section Kidney stones)
1001/jama.2012.6217. PMID 22797461. Coe, F. L. (October 2005). "Kidney stone disease". Journal of Clinical Investigation. 115 (10): 2598–2608. doi:10...
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antibiotics, and chemotherapeutic agents. Postrenal causes of AKI include kidney stones, bladder cancer, neurogenic bladder, enlargement of the prostate, narrowing...
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Interventional radiology (section Kidney stone disease)
and organs. Chronic kidney disease (CKD or chronic renal disease) is a condition in which there is a progressive loss of kidney function. It has numerous...
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kidney injury, and pyelonephritis. Urology addresses diseases of kidney (and urinary tract) anatomy: these include cancer, renal cysts, kidney stones...
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(disorder). Ureter stone Kidney stone disease McNutt, WF (1893). "Chapter VII: Vesical Calculi (Cysto-lithiasis)". Diseases of the kidneys and bladder: a...
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calcium in the urine, formation of calcium kidney stones, nephrocalcinosis, and chronic kidney failure. "Dent's disease" is often used to describe an entire...
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sponge kidney are at increased risk for kidney stones and urinary tract infection (UTI). Patients with MSK typically pass twice as many stones per year...
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Kidney cancer, also known as renal cancer, is a group of cancers that starts in the kidney. Symptoms may include blood in the urine, a lump in the abdomen...
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in donated blood. It is used as an alkalinizing agent to prevent kidney stone disease. The crystals form as nearly perfect cubes. "Sodium dihydrogen citrate"...
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horseshoe kidney. The abnormal anatomy can affect kidney drainage resulting in increased frequency of kidney stones and urinary tract infections as well as increase...
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Pyelonephritis (redirect from Kidney infection)
Those with severe disease may require treatment in hospital. In those with certain structural problems of the urinary tract or kidney stones, surgery may be...
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Diabetic nephropathy (redirect from Diabetic kidney disease)
Diabetic nephropathy, also known as diabetic kidney disease, is the chronic loss of kidney function occurring in those with diabetes mellitus. Diabetic...
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Urinary tract infection (redirect from Honeymoon disease)
or urethra (urethritis) while upper urinary tract infections affect the kidney (pyelonephritis). Symptoms from a lower urinary tract infection include...
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Nephrology (redirect from Kidney doctor)
kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease...
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Urologic diseases or conditions include urinary tract infections, kidney stones, bladder control problems, and prostate problems, among others. Some urologic...
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in club soda. Higher potassium intake may prevent development of kidney stone disease. Higher potassium intake is associated with a reduced risk of stroke...
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(CAS#1306-01-0): Ca4(PO4)2O Calcium phosphate stones account for approximately 15% of kidney stone disease. Calcium phosphate stones tend to grow in alkaline urine,...
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IgA nephropathy (redirect from Berger's disease)
also known as Berger's disease (/bɛərˈʒeɪ/) (and variations), or synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis, is a disease of the kidney (or nephropathy) and the...
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List of causes of death by rate (redirect from List of most common diseases)
World Health Organization (WHO) using the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), about 58 million people died. In 2010, according to the Institute...
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had kidney stones. This condition is caused by nephrolithiasis, which are more commonly known as kidney stones, or urolithiasis, where the stone forms...
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These are known risk factors for kidney stone disease, but despite that, xylitol has not been linked to kidney disease in humans. A 2024 study suggests...
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stones of the kidney are less common and do not often cause significant disease, although they can contribute to pyelonephritis and chronic kidney disease...
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indicative of cystinosis, a rare genetic disease. Cystine stones account for about 1-2% of kidney stone disease in adults. Cystine serves as a substrate...
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