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How Does ADPKD Progress?

Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a genetic disorder that causes fluid-filled cysts to grow in your kidneys. This is consider...

Healthy Eating with ADPKD

High blood pressure is common with ADPKD and can damage your kidneys. Talk to your doctor about how much you should eat. Doctors aren’t sure how dr...

How to Deal with Side Effects of Medicine

When your doctor prescribes a new medicine, ask about common side effects. Once you start taking a drug, mention any unexpected symptoms to your do...

ACTH Test

An ACTH test is a type of blood test. Because they’re related, ACTH and cortisol levels are typically looked at together. If your ACTH results aren...

What is An Orthodontist?

However, orthodontists can correct dental problems at any age. Orthodontists attend college, dental school, and orthodontic school. Jaw surgery is ...

What Does An Anesthesiologist Do?

Surgery would be a far more unpleasant experience if it weren't for anesthesiologists. These specialists give you medicine to prevent pain and, if ...

What are The Symptoms of UTIs?

If you have symptoms such as a fever, chills, or nausea, it might be a more serious infection, such as a kidney infection, so call your doctor righ...

What's a Urine Culture?

Just make sure you get a “clean” urine sample so any germs found in it are from an infection in your urinary tract and not another source, like you...

Urethritis

Urethritis can also cause itching, pain, or discomfort when a person is not urinating. Blood tests are often not necessary for the diagnosis of ure...

What are The Symptoms of Kidney Disease?

If you’re at risk -- you have high blood pressure or diabetes, or if kidney disease runs in your family, for instance -- ask your doctor how often ...

What are The Symptoms of Sickle Cell Disease?

Sickle cell disease changes the shape of the oxygen-carrying molecules (called hemoglobin) found inside red blood cells. Pain is an unpredictable s...

Rhabdomyolysis

Rhabdomyolysis is a serious syndrome due to a direct or indirect muscle injury. The “classic triad” of rhabdomyolysis symptoms are: muscle pain in ...