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Quick Facts: Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders
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Stones in the Urinary Tract
Stones in the Urinary Tract (Kidney Stones)
What is the urinary tract?
What are kidney stones?
What causes kidney stones?
What are the symptoms of kidney stones?
How can doctors tell if I have a kidney stone?
How do doctors treat kidney stones?
How can I prevent more kidney stones?
Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
Urethritis
What is urethritis?
What causes urethritis?
What are the symptoms of urethritis?
How can doctors tell if I have urethritis?
How do doctors treat urethritis?
How can I prevent urethritis?
Bladder Infection
What is a bladder infection?
What causes bladder infections?
What are the symptoms of bladder infections?
How can doctors tell if I have a bladder infection?
How do doctors treat bladder infections?
How can I prevent bladder infections?
Kidney Infection
What are kidney infections?
What causes kidney infections?
What are the symptoms of a kidney infection?
How can doctors tell if I have a kidney infection?
How do doctors treat kidney infections?
How can I prevent kidney infections?
Kidney Failure
Acute Kidney Failure
What is acute kidney failure?
What causes acute kidney failure?
What are the symptoms of acute kidney failure?
How can doctors tell if I have acute kidney failure?
How do doctors treat acute kidney failure?
Chronic Kidney Disease
What is chronic kidney disease?
What are the complications of chronic kidney disease?
What causes chronic kidney disease?
What are the symptoms of chronic kidney disease?
How can doctors tell if I have chronic kidney disease?
How do doctors treat chronic kidney disease?
Cancers of the Kidney and Genitourinary Tract
Bladder Cancer
What is bladder cancer?
What causes bladder cancer?
What are the symptoms of bladder cancer?
How do doctors tell if I have bladder cancer?
How can doctors treat bladder cancer?
Kidney Cancer
What is kidney cancer?
What are the symptoms of kidney cancer?
How do doctors tell if I have kidney cancer?
How do doctors treat kidney cancer?
Penile Cancer
What is penile cancer?
What causes penile cancer?
What are the symptoms of penile cancer?
How do doctors tell if I have penile cancer?
How do doctors treat penile cancer?
Will I be able to urinate and have sex after getting treatment for penile cancer?
What measures may help prevent penile cancer?
Prostate Cancer
What is prostate cancer?
What causes prostate cancer?
What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
How do doctors tell if I have prostate cancer?
How do doctors treat prostate cancer?
Active surveillance
Treating the cancer
Treating your symptoms (palliative care)
Testicular Cancer
What is testicular cancer?
What causes testicular cancer?
What are the symptoms of testicular cancer?
How do doctors tell if I have testicular cancer?
How do doctors treat testicular cancer?
Disorders of Urination
Neurogenic Bladder
What is neurogenic bladder?
What causes neurogenic bladder?
What are the symptoms of neurogenic bladder?
How can doctors tell if I have neurogenic bladder?
How do doctors treat neurogenic bladder?
Urinary Incontinence in Adults
What is urinary incontinence?
When should I see a doctor about incontinence?
What causes urinary incontinence in adults?
What will happen at my doctor’s visit?
How do doctors treat urinary incontinence in adults?
Urinary Retention
What is urinary retention?
What causes urinary retention?
What are the symptoms of urinary retention?
How can doctors tell if I have urinary retention?
How do doctors treat urinary retention?
Biology of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract
Overview of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract
What are the kidneys?
What is the urinary tract?
Ureters
Bladder
Urethra
Blood Vessel Disorders of the Kidneys
Atheroembolic Kidney Disease
What is atheroembolic kidney disease?
What causes atheroembolic kidney disease?
What are the symptoms of atheroembolic kidney disease?
How can doctors tell if I have atheroembolic kidney disease?
How do doctors treat atheroembolic kidney disease?
Benign Hypertensive Arteriolar Nephrosclerosis
What is benign hypertensive arteriolar nephrosclerosis?
What causes hypertensive kidney damage?
What are the symptoms of hypertensive kidney damage?
How can doctors tell if I have hypertensive kidney damage?
How do doctors treat hypertensive kidney damage?
Blockage of the Renal Arteries
What is a blockage of the renal arteries?
What causes a blockage of the renal arteries?
What are the symptoms of blocked renal arteries?
How can doctors tell if my renal arteries are blocked?
How do doctors treat a blockage of the renal arteries?
Cortical Necrosis of the Kidneys
What is cortical necrosis of the kidneys?
What causes cortical necrosis of the kidneys?
What are the symptoms of cortical necrosis of the kidneys?
How can doctors tell if I have cortical necrosis of the kidneys?
How do doctors treat cortical necrosis of the kidneys?
Renal Vein Thrombosis
What is renal vein thrombosis?
What causes renal vein thrombosis?
What are the symptoms of renal vein thrombosis?
How can doctors tell if I have renal vein thrombosis?
How do doctors treat renal vein thrombosis?
Obstruction of the Urinary Tract
Urinary Tract Obstruction
What is urinary tract obstruction?
What causes urinary tract obstruction?
What are the symptoms of urinary tract obstruction?
How can doctors tell if I have urinary tract obstruction?
How do doctors treat urinary tract obstruction?
Disorders of Kidney Tubules
Arginine Vasopressin Resistance
What is arginine vasopressin resistance?
What causes arginine vasopressin resistance?
What are the symptoms of arginine vasopressin resistance?
How can doctors tell if I have arginine vasopressin resistance?
How do doctors treat arginine vasopressin resistance?
Cystic Kidney Disorders
Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
What is polycystic kidney disease?
What are the complications of PKD?
What are the symptoms of PKD?
How do doctors tell if I have PKD?
How do doctors treat PKD?
