Articles on kidney and urinary health: kidney function tests, stones, urinary infections and prostate symptoms, each explained with clear next steps and the signs that need prompt attention.
Orchitis recovery time depends on the cause. With bacterial infection, pain and fever usually start easing within about three days of beginning antibiotics, and…
A bladder infection that develops fever, chills and pain in the back or side is often no longer confined to the bladder. Those signs…
Microsurgical varicocelectomy ties off the enlarged testicular veins through a small groin incision under an operating microscope, sparing the artery and lymph channels; laparoscopic…
Recovery after stent for hydronephrosis usually means several days of bladder urgency, a flank ache while passing urine and pink-tinged urine while the kidney…
Urologists choose between dilation, urethrotomy and urethroplasty mainly by the stricture's length, location, cause and history. Short, first-time strictures in the bulbar urethra are…
Kidney disease diet and fluids are managed as one plan alongside medical treatment, not as a separate fix. Most people are asked first to…
For benign prostatic hyperplasia, medication is usually tried first for mild to moderate symptoms; it starts working within weeks to months and only helps…
A renal ultrasound is done by a sonographer who spreads warm water-based gel on your back and sides, then glides a handheld probe over…
Prostatitis is diagnosed mainly through a detailed history, a urine test with culture, and a digital rectal examination of the prostate. Blood tests may…
After an elevated PSA result, the usual next step is a repeat blood test once temporary causes such as infection, ejaculation or vigorous cycling…
Interstitial cystitis is called a pain syndrome because its defining feature is bladder-related pain or pressure with urinary urgency and frequency, usually lasting more…
Hypospadias surgery recovery time is usually measured in days for the hardest part and weeks for the rest. Most children go home the same…
Living with a urinary catheter after urinary retention means keeping the tube and bag clean with daily soap-and-water washing, drinking enough fluid that urine…
A mild, short-lived temperature in the first day after a ureteral stent or nephrostomy can occur, but a fever of 38°C (100.4°F) or higher,…
Ureteroscopy reaches a kidney stone by following the body's own urinary channel rather than cutting through skin. Under anesthesia, a urologist passes a thin,…
Medications are the most common cause of acute interstitial nephritis, an inflammation of the kidney's tubules and the tissue around them. Antibiotics, proton pump…
Epididymitis that has not improved within about 48 to 72 hours of starting treatment, or that still causes swelling after antibiotics end, needs re-evaluation.…
Polycystic kidney disease cannot yet be reversed, so treatment focuses on slowing kidney damage and preventing complications. Care usually combines tight blood pressure control,…
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