Sunday, October, 25, 2009
Retrograde Pyelogram
Health Encyclopedia: Nephrolithiasis
Alternative Names
Renal calculi; Nephrolithiasis; Stones - kidney
Symptoms
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Flank pain
or back pain
- on one or both sides
- progressive
- severe
- colicky (spasm-like)
- may radiate or move to lower in flank, pelvis, groin, genitals
-
Nausea
, vomiting
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Urinary frequency/urgency, increased
(persistent urge to urinate)
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Blood in the urine
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Abdomina...
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