KIDNEY CONDITIONS
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WHEN A UTI TRAVELS TO THE KIDNEYS IT IS CALLED
PYELONEPHRITIS
WHAT ARE RENAL CALCULI
KIDNEY STONES
75-85% OF CALCULI ARE COMPOSED OF
CALCIUM OXALATE AND PHOSPHATE
WHAT INCREASES LEVELS OF CALCIUM OXALATE IN THE BODY
REGULAR CONSUMPTION OF HIGH OXALATE FOODS SUCH AS PEANUTS CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRIES SPINACH POTATO CEREAL GRAINS
5-10% OF CALCULI ARE COMPOSED OF
URIC ACID STONES
WHAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE ACCUMULATION OF URIC ACID
REGULAR CONSUMPTION OF HIGH PURINE FOODS RED MEAT, SEAFOOD
WHAT ARE THE COMMON CLINICAL FEATURES OF KIDNEY STONES
DULL FLANK PAIN PAIN THAT MAY RADIATE TO THE GROIN POSSIBLE MM TENDERNESS AND GUARDING INCREASED PAIN WITH URINATION BLOODY URINE STONY FRAGMENTS IN URINE
WHAT ARE THE COMPLICATIONS OF RENAL CALCULI
URETERIC IMPACTION NEOPLASIA - CANCER
WHAT IS HYDRONEPHROSIS
BACKFLOW OF URINE
WHAT IS RENAL COLIC
SHARP PAIN THAT HITS PEAK IN MINS THAT RADIATES TO GENITALS (CHILDBIRTH EQUIVALENT TO MALES)
WHAT IS INVOLVED IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF KIDNEY STONES
CT SCAN OR US
WHAT ARE COMMON TREATMENTS FOR KIDNEY STONES
PHARMACEUTICAL PAIN MANAGEMENT INCREASE URINE FLOW WITH HIGHT WATER INTAKE DECREASE DIETARY INTAKE ALTER URINE PH REMOVAL OF STONES (URETEROSCOPY OR LITHOTRYPSY)
AT THE HLUM OF THE KIDNEY, THE ORDER OF STRUCTURES FROM ANTERIOR TO POSTERIOR IS
RENAL VEIN, ARTERY, NERVES AND LYMPH, RENAL PELVIS