2.Using a scope to remove stones - To remove a smaller stone in your ureter or kidney, your doctor may pass a thin lighted tube (ureteroscope) equipped with a camera through your urethra and bladder to your ureter. Once the sto...
Children with a JJ catheter developed more UTIs than children with a splint; the latter, however, tended to require more re-interventions. Modification of either method is needed to find the best way to stent the ureter.doi:10.1111/petr.13065ter Haar, Anuradha S....
The biggest risk of a venogram is that you may have an allergy to the dye. Be sure to let your doctor know if you are sensitive to any sort of medication, dyes, or iodine. Additionally, let them know if you have any kidney issues,bleeding disorders, or if you are taking any blood ...
Some cases may be amenable to emergency surgery to remove a clot (thrombectomy) Blood thinners, including antiplatelet drugs (eg, aspirin and clopidogrel), mainly for arterial thrombosis, and anticoagulants (eg, heparin, warfarin, and dabigatran) What are Some Emerging Therapies for Blood Clots? Ne...
It’s rare for UC to cause serious kidney problems, but you might have: Interstitial nephritis.This condition makes the small tubes inside your kidneys swell. That makes it harder for your kidneys to filter waste from your blood. Doctors aren't sure whether UC itself or a specific medicine ...
T4 and T3 (T3 has 3 iodine molecules, T4 has 4) T4 is the predominant hormone produced by the thyroid gland. In the liver and the kidney T4 is converted to T3 through a process called deiodination, supplying 80% of circulating T3. Importantly,T3 is 7 to 10 times more potent than T4...
Kidneys are not exempted from having cancer. Today, a lot of people suffer from kidney Cancer and are taking various medications as treatment. Kidney tumor is a rare form of Cancer and the cure of Kidney Cancer depends on the stage at which the kidney Cancer was detected in a patient. Bei...
Keep in mind that taking anticoagulants will make you more likely to bleed and that you may not be able to take these medications if you have a history of bleeding problems (such as hemophilia), cancer, kidney or liver disease, heart disease or high blood pressure, among others. Always con...
They're the tubes that connect your kidneys to your bladder. If this happens, your pee won’t be able to drain and your kidney could swell. Your doctor may put in a tube to fix the backup and allow your pee to flow out of your kidney. There are two kinds: Ureteral stent. This ...