Drug abuse and kidney stones
A kidney stone is basically a solid mass of tiny crystals. There can be more than one stone in the kidney or ureter at a given time. Kidney stones are...
Kidney infection caused by e coli
The kidneys are key organs that filter the blood and eliminate waste products, while keeping essential minerals and substances to distribute to the rest of the body. All the waste...
Bladder distention causes
Bladder Distention Bladder distention is abnormal extension and enlargement of the bladder. It is most commonly caused by retention of urine due to impossibility of urine to be passed. Bladder...
Kidney stone surgery and recovery time
What is Kidney Stone Surgery? Stones in the urinary tract are solid masses that are also known as calculus or urolitiasis in medical terms. There are several theories that explain the...
Calcium cyst in kidney
What are kidney cysts? Kidney cysts are non-malignant growths — fluid-filled sacs — that can form in the kidneys or on the outer surface. Kidney cysts can be either simple...
Drug abuse and kidney disease
Drug abuse has tremendous negative effects on the entire body, as well as the mind. Some of those effects are, unfortunately, irreversible, which makes it even more clear why drug...
Blood clots in urine in men
If blood clots are present somewhere along the male urinary tract, the color of a man's urine may change to (a pale to dark) pink or even become red — an alarming symptom...
Green urine causes
Human urine is, logically, a liquid waste product expelled from our organism because we do not need it. Urine is formed from all the substances that our kidneys filtrate...
Dark yellow urine causes
What is urine? A refresher Urine is a liquid excretory (or waste) product mostly made up of water and water soluble waste parts. In the human body, the kidneys are...
Dilation of urethra procedure
The dilation of the urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside of the body) is a procedure used in the treatment of a urethral stricture, a...