Category health of the urinary tract

urinary tract health

cystinuria

What is Cystinuria Cystinuria is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder that affects one person every 600 to 10, 000 individuals; it manifests itself with the presence of amino acids (endogenous and alimentary) in the urine and represents a disorder in its own right; therefore, its presence does NOT correlate in any way with CISTINOSI or Fanconi Lignac syndrome
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Urine therapy

What is Hernotherapy? First of all, it should be pointed out that urine therapy has nothing to do with urine diagnostics; the latter is a method of assessing health status based on the observation of some parameters related to urine: pH, cells, concentration, color, etc. Urine therapy is instead a form of alternative medicine based on the intake (orally, by injection and topical use) of urine
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Urination: What is it? How does it happen? Related Disorders and Associated Pathologies of I.Randi

Introduction Urination can be defined as the act of urinating . A more detailed description, however, defines urination as the set of all those physiological processes that leads to the excretion of urine. The urination, therefore, is a physiological act of fundamental importance for the organism, since it allows to eliminate the waste substances filtered by the kidneys
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Buccal polyps - polyps in the bladder

Key points The bladder polyps are soft neoformations - benign or malignant - that develop along any tract of the mucosa that internally covers the urinary bladder. Causes Despite not knowing the cause responsible for the formation of bladder polyps, it is conceivable that their development is strongly conditioned by several elements, such as: smoking, frequent exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and smog, past history or in the course of schistosomiasis
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High-protein diet and renal damage

By Dr. Francesco Casillo It is now a notion "known and established" by the multitude (including certain experts) - and it does not matter how unfounded it is, as will be explained below - that protein inputs exceeding the RDA are first a metabolic and then an important nutritional stimulus stress on the kidney , thus causing a negative impact on him that would have inevitable negative consequences for his health
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Who is the nephrologist?

Nephrology is that branch of internal medicine that studies the kidneys, their function, the problems that can affect them and the most effective treatment methods in case of kidney diseases. The nephrologist , therefore, is an internist doctor specialized in the function of the renal apparatus and in the diagnostic and therapeutic methods of the pathologies that can affect the kidneys
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Who is the urologist?

Urology is the branch of internal medicine that studies and treats problems affecting the urinary tract of both sexes and the male reproductive system. The urologist , therefore, is an internal doctor specialized in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases affecting the urinary tract of men and women and the organs responsible, in humans, for reproduction (penis, prostate, testicles and seminal vesicles )
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Uses of urine in history

It may not surprise the proponents of urine therapy, but certainly many people will do some chè discovering how the Romans and other ancient peoples used their own urine. In addition to brushing his teeth, urine was particularly appreciated in Roman times as a detergent for washing clothes. The so-called fullones (workers responsible for cleaning the garments) stamped the clothes immersed in tubs full of water and aged urine with bare feet, exploiting the foam produced by the ammonia present in the latter.
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Kidney transplant and living donors

People with end-stage renal failure are ideal candidates for kidney transplantation . Kidney transplantation, or kidney transplantation , is that delicate surgical procedure by which one of the two original kidneys is replaced by another healthy one , donated by a compatible individual. In most cases, donors are recently deceased subjects ; however, there is also the possibility of taking a kidney from a consenting living subject
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Kidney transplantation: indications and advantages of the procedure

Reserved for people with end-stage renal failure, kidney transplantation is that delicate surgical procedure by which one of the two original kidneys is replaced by another healthy one , coming from a compatible donor. In general, the "new" kidney is taken from a recently deceased donor ; however, there is also the possibility of taking a kidney from a consenting living subject
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