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