Quick Facts: Kidney and Urinary Tract Disorders

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Stones in the Urinary Tract

• Stones in the Urinary Tract (Kidney Stones)
  • What is the urinary tract?
  • What are kidney stones?
  • What causes kidney stones?
  • What are the symptoms of kidney stones?
  • How can doctors tell if I have a kidney stone?
  • How do doctors treat kidney stones?
  • How can I prevent more kidney stones?

Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)

• Bladder Infection
  • What is a bladder infection?
  • What causes bladder infections?
  • What are the symptoms of bladder infections?
  • How can doctors tell if I have a bladder infection?
  • How do doctors treat bladder infections?
  • How can I prevent bladder infections?

• Kidney Infection
  • What are kidney infections?
  • What causes kidney infections?
  • What are the symptoms of a kidney infection?
  • How can doctors tell if I have a kidney infection?
  • How do doctors treat kidney infections?
  • How can I prevent kidney infections?

• Urethritis
  • What is urethritis?
  • What causes urethritis?
  • What are the symptoms of urethritis?
  • How can doctors tell if I have urethritis?
  • How do doctors treat urethritis?
  • How can I prevent urethritis?

Kidney Failure

• Acute Kidney Failure
  • What is acute kidney failure?
  • What causes acute kidney failure?
  • What are the symptoms of acute kidney failure?
  • How can doctors tell if I have acute kidney failure?
  • How do doctors treat acute kidney failure?

• Chronic Kidney Disease
  • What is chronic kidney disease?
  • What are the complications of chronic kidney disease?
  • What causes chronic kidney disease?
  • What are the symptoms of chronic kidney disease?
  • How can doctors tell if I have chronic kidney disease?
  • How do doctors treat chronic kidney disease?

Cancers of the Kidney and Genitourinary Tract

• Bladder Cancer
  • What is bladder cancer?
  • What causes bladder cancer?
  • What are the symptoms of bladder cancer?
  • How do doctors tell if I have bladder cancer?
  • How can doctors treat bladder cancer?

• Kidney Cancer
  • What is kidney cancer?
  • What are the symptoms of kidney cancer?
  • How do doctors tell if I have kidney cancer?
  • How do doctors treat kidney cancer?

• Penile Cancer
  • What is penile cancer?
  • What causes penile cancer?
  • What are the symptoms of penile cancer?
  • How do doctors tell if I have penile cancer?
  • How do doctors treat penile cancer?
    • Will I be able to urinate and have sex after getting treatment for penile cancer?
  • What measures may help prevent penile cancer?

• Prostate Cancer
  • What is prostate cancer?
  • What causes prostate cancer?
  • What are the symptoms of prostate cancer?
  • How do doctors tell if I have prostate cancer?
  • How do doctors treat prostate cancer?
    • Active surveillance
    • Treating the cancer
    • Treating your symptoms (palliative care)

• Testicular Cancer
  • What is testicular cancer?
  • What causes testicular cancer?
  • What are the symptoms of testicular cancer?
  • How do doctors tell if I have testicular cancer?
  • How do doctors treat testicular cancer?

Disorders of Urination

• Neurogenic Bladder
  • What is neurogenic bladder?
  • What causes neurogenic bladder?
  • What are the symptoms of neurogenic bladder?
  • How can doctors tell if I have neurogenic bladder?
  • How do doctors treat neurogenic bladder?

• Urinary Incontinence in Adults
  • What is urinary incontinence?
  • When should I see a doctor about incontinence?
  • What causes urinary incontinence in adults?
  • What will happen at my doctor’s visit?
  • How do doctors treat urinary incontinence in adults?

• Urinary Retention
  • What is urinary retention?
  • What causes urinary retention?
  • What are the symptoms of urinary retention?
  • How can doctors tell if I have urinary retention?
  • How do doctors treat urinary retention?

Biology of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract

• Overview of the Kidneys and Urinary Tract
  • What are the kidneys?
  • What is the urinary tract?
    • Ureters
    • Bladder
    • Urethra

Blood Vessel Disorders of the Kidneys

• Atheroembolic Kidney Disease
  • What is atheroembolic kidney disease?
  • What causes atheroembolic kidney disease?
  • What are the symptoms of atheroembolic kidney disease?
  • How can doctors tell if I have atheroembolic kidney disease?
  • How do doctors treat atheroembolic kidney disease?

• Benign Hypertensive Arteriolar Nephrosclerosis
  • What is benign hypertensive arteriolar nephrosclerosis?
  • What causes hypertensive kidney damage?
  • What are the symptoms of hypertensive kidney damage?
  • How can doctors tell if I have hypertensive kidney damage?
  • How do doctors treat hypertensive kidney damage?

• Blockage of the Renal Arteries
  • What is a blockage of the renal arteries?
  • What causes a blockage of the renal arteries?
  • What are the symptoms of blocked renal arteries?
  • How can doctors tell if my renal arteries are blocked?
  • How do doctors treat a blockage of the renal arteries?

• Cortical Necrosis of the Kidneys
  • What is cortical necrosis of the kidneys?
  • What causes cortical necrosis of the kidneys?
  • What are the symptoms of cortical necrosis of the kidneys?
  • How can doctors tell if I have cortical necrosis of the kidneys?
  • How do doctors treat cortical necrosis of the kidneys?

• Renal Vein Thrombosis
  • What is renal vein thrombosis?
  • What causes renal vein thrombosis?
  • What are the symptoms of renal vein thrombosis?
  • How can doctors tell if I have renal vein thrombosis?
  • How do doctors treat renal vein thrombosis?

Obstruction of the Urinary Tract

• Urinary Tract Obstruction
  • What is urinary tract obstruction?
  • What causes urinary tract obstruction?
  • What are the symptoms of urinary tract obstruction?
  • How can doctors tell if I have urinary tract obstruction?
  • How do doctors treat urinary tract obstruction?

Disorders of Kidney Tubules

• Arginine Vasopressin Resistance
  • What is arginine vasopressin resistance?
  • What causes arginine vasopressin resistance?
  • What are the symptoms of arginine vasopressin resistance?
  • How can doctors tell if I have arginine vasopressin resistance?
  • How do doctors treat arginine vasopressin resistance?

Cystic Kidney Disorders

• Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)
  • What is polycystic kidney disease?
    • What are the complications of PKD?
  • What are the symptoms of PKD?
  • How do doctors tell if I have PKD?
  • How do doctors treat PKD?