All Entries in the "Urology" Category
What Causes Hyperuricemia Or High Uric Acid Levels?
Hyperuricemia is a condition defined by the body having too much uric acid in the blood.
Uric Acid is formed during the digestion and processing of certain types of food.
However, some people experience high levels of uric acid and may begin to have health problems.
Gout is one of the common occurrences if the uric [...]
Preventing A Urinary Tract Infection
A urinary tract infection, or UTI, is both unpleasant and painful.
Symptoms of a UTI include frequent urges to urinate with little urine production, pain and burning on urination, abdominal pain, and the presence of blood and pus in the urine. Women are more likely to have UTIs than men.
Here are [...]
Kidney Stones? Have A Diet Soda
Did you know that there are chemicals in some diet sodas that may actually help dissolve kidney stones?
Recent research presented by the American Urology Association found that the substances citrate and malate were present in several diet sodas in amounts high enough to help dissolve kidney stones.
The highest levels were [...]
New Hope For Kidney Dialysis Patients
Kidney dialysis is very hard on the veins of the patient.
Most patients need a shunt: a blood vessel especially strengthened to withstand the repeated connections to the dialysis machine.
When the patient doesn’t have an appropriate blood vessel, a plastic material is used. These plastic shunts do not last well, frequently becoming infected [...]
How To Reduce Frequency Of Urinary Tract Infections?
Most of the women and few men suffer from painful urinary tract infections.
Some of you can suffer from frequent UTIs while others can experience it once in a while.
Whatever may be the cause or how frequent they are, UTI can cause severe discomfort to every one.
Fortunately, it is possible to control [...]
How Urinary Tract Infections Occur?
Are you one among those million people suffering with urinary tract infections (UTI’s)? It has been estimated that millions of people are confirmed with urinary tract infections every year.
Infections to urinary system are the second most common type of infection affecting many people, particularly women, around the world.
Whenever any infection [...]
Be Aware With Chronic Renal Failure When You Have Diabetes Or Blood Pressure!
Do you have diabetes or blood pressure? Are you aware of chronic renal failure? When you are diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, it is very important for you to keep blood sugar and blood pressure levels in control to avoid various health complications.
Chronic renal failure is one among those health risks [...]
Avoid Pyelonephritis By Controlling Frequent Urinary Tract Infections!
Pyelonephritis is the most common and serious urinary tract infection that significantly involves your upper part of the urinary tract and also causes severe inflammation to your kidneys.
If left untreated, this urinary tract infection permanently damages your kidneys [Kidney Damage] or possibly spreads into your blood stream and causes serious [...]
Renal Artery Stenosis: Most Significant Factor Responsible For High Blood Pressure!
Did you ever think why are you suffering with diabetes or high blood pressure? There can be a wide range of causes for you to experience high blood pressure or even diabetes.
But, the most common factor, which can increase your risk of high blood pressure and diabetes, is renal artery stenosis.
Renal artery [...]
Kidney Dialysis – A Flexible Healing Choice For Kidney Failure!
When your kidneys are unable to do some of their works, kidney dialysis helps to do the work of your kidneys.
Mainly, the functions of kidneys include: removing waste products from your blood, removing excess fluids, restoring the levels of electrolytes and controlling your blood pressure.
Basically there are two types of kidney [...]
