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What Is Renal Glycosuria

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Between 70 - 90% of crystals remain tiny enough so that they can travel through the urinary tract and pass out of the body in the urine without being noticed. When they cause symptoms, however, kidney stones have been described as one of the most painful disorders to afflict humans. The pain that they cause is sometimes referred to as renal colic. ("Renal" means "kidney.")

Effects on the Urinary Tract and Kidneys

Obstruction and Infection. Although kidney stones often lead to obstruct...

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Gout: Symptoms

Causes and Risk FactorsGout is classified as either primary or secondary, depending on what causes the high levels of uric acid in the blood (hyperuricemia).More than 99% of primary gout cases are... Read more »

Heart Failure: References

ReferencesBarker WH, Mullooly JP, Getchell W. Changing incidence and survival for heart failure in a well-defined older population, 1970-1974 and 1990-1994. Circulation. 2006;113(6):799-805.Fauchier... Read more »

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ReferencesCriqui MH, Vargas V, Denenberg JO, Ho E, Allison M, Langer RD, et al. Ethnicity and peripheral arterial disease: the San Diego Population Study. Circulation. 2005;112(17):2703-2707.Hankey... Read more »

Kidney Stones: References

ReferencesCurhan GC, Willett WC, Knight EL, Stampfer MJ. Dietary factors and the risk of incident kidney stones in younger women: Nurses' Health Study II. Arch Intern Med. 2004;164(8):885-891.Straub... Read more »

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Long-Term ComplicationsType 1 diabetes reduces the normal life span by an average of 5 to 8 years. However, survival rates are improving in all ethnic groups and both genders. Longer survival rates... Read more »

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