https://www.medhelp.org/user_posts/list/3183592 Medical communities and forums staffed by doctors from leading medical centers. Over 325 forums and communities providing medical information and medical help. en Its unlikely that the bulge was related to kidney stones or inflammation. Perhaps a flank hernia?? David Rudnick, M.D. Fri, 20 Sep 2013 16:00:57 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Bulge-in-my-right-side/show/2005963#post_9499889 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Bulge-in-my-right-side/show/2005963#post_9499889 There is really nothing that will make non-obstructing stones sitting in the kidneys come out faster. David Rudnick, M.D. Fri, 20 Sep 2013 15:58:06 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/How-to-get-kidney-stones-to-pass/show/1997912#post_9499883 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/How-to-get-kidney-stones-to-pass/show/1997912#post_9499883 Yes, there is a significant risk of having the stent in this long. Stents can become encrusted and o David Rudnick, M.D. Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:56:55 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Stent-in-for-over-a-year/show/1911337#post_8950460 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Stent-in-for-over-a-year/show/1911337#post_8950460 stones less than 5 mm have a high chance of passing on their own, like 80%, but these numbers allow a David Rudnick, M.D. Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:53:47 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/What-of-stones-like-mine-pass-on-their-own/show/1911650#post_8950449 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/What-of-stones-like-mine-pass-on-their-own/show/1911650#post_8950449 Hopefully you have passed it by now. The urinary symptoms and groin pain you describe are classic fo David Rudnick, M.D. Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:51:12 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/3-mm-distal-right-ureteral-calculus-will-not-pass/show/1914682#post_8950444 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/3-mm-distal-right-ureteral-calculus-will-not-pass/show/1914682#post_8950444 US is not a super accurate way to measure the size of a stone, so I would probably have you get a sim David Rudnick, M.D. Thu, 21 Mar 2013 05:48:27 -0400 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/49-mm-stone-in-lower-pole-of-left-kidney/show/1888322#post_8950441 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/49-mm-stone-in-lower-pole-of-left-kidney/show/1888322#post_8950441 With that many stones you should have a 24 hour urine collection to evaluate your urine chemistry whi David Rudnick, M.D. Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:58:11 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Help-with-managing-oxalates/show/1903936#post_8873327 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Help-with-managing-oxalates/show/1903936#post_8873327 This is always a possibility when ureteroscopy is done to eliminate stones. The tip of the stent rub David Rudnick, M.D. Sat, 23 Feb 2013 07:52:10 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Kidney-stones/show/1896965#post_8873310 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Kidney-stones/show/1896965#post_8873310 Stones in the ureter, even if blocking on one side, do NOT cause swelling of the ankles etc. as long David Rudnick, M.D. Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:55:11 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Kidney-stones/show/1896965#post_8857051 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Kidney-stones/show/1896965#post_8857051 A CT scan of the abdomen is the definitive test for stones. David Rudnick, M.D. Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:50:32 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/is-it-kidney-stones/show/1901081#post_8857038 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/is-it-kidney-stones/show/1901081#post_8857038 Neither a stent nor a ureteroscopy should cause stress incontinence. It has been at least six months David Rudnick, M.D. Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:49:22 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/stress-urinary-incontinence-ever-since-ureteral-stent-and-ureteroscopy/show/1900318#post_8857031 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/stress-urinary-incontinence-ever-since-ureteral-stent-and-ureteroscopy/show/1900318#post_8857031 It is unlikely that you have a kidney cancer, although you are right, without contrast one cannot be David Rudnick, M.D. Mon, 18 Feb 2013 09:40:12 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Kidney-stones-Or-something-more-serious-CT-Scan-showed-nothing/show/1896445#post_8857000 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Kidney-stones-Or-something-more-serious-CT-Scan-showed-nothing/show/1896445#post_8857000 Glad its gone. I agree with the lab work your doctor has ordered. David Rudnick, M.D. Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:43:54 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/one-month-after-discovering-stonewhat-now/show/1885541#post_8826209 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/one-month-after-discovering-stonewhat-now/show/1885541#post_8826209 I'm not sure what that means "fatty kidney." A urologist deals with surgical problems in the kidney David Rudnick, M.D. Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:47:03 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/spongy-kidney/show/1890168#post_8807326 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/spongy-kidney/show/1890168#post_8807326 Yes. These are small and if they fall into the ureters, they will almost certainly pass without the David Rudnick, M.D. Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:45:37 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Kidney-stones-in-both-the-kidneys/show/1890007#post_8807321 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Kidney-stones-in-both-the-kidneys/show/1890007#post_8807321 Facial edema and full body pitting edema are causes for concern and need to be evaluated. There is a David Rudnick, M.D. Sat, 02 Feb 2013 08:40:33 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/pain-almost-daily-edema/show/1888610#post_8807306 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/pain-almost-daily-edema/show/1888610#post_8807306 At the very least, your doctor should order a 24 hour collection of your urine to determine why you k David Rudnick, M.D. Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:27:31 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/pain-almost-daily-edema/show/1888610#post_8787443 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/pain-almost-daily-edema/show/1888610#post_8787443 I was not familiar with this product, but I looked it up on the web and it appears to be a urinary tr David Rudnick, M.D. Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:23:54 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/49-mm-stone-in-lower-pole-of-left-kidney/show/1888322#post_8787425 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/49-mm-stone-in-lower-pole-of-left-kidney/show/1888322#post_8787425 Yes, you do stand a chance of passing it without surgery. If you aren't taking Flomax (tamsulosin), David Rudnick, M.D. Wed, 23 Jan 2013 01:38:38 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/one-month-after-discovering-stonewhat-now/show/1885541#post_8768279 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/one-month-after-discovering-stonewhat-now/show/1885541#post_8768279 Some people are only born with one kidney, and if imaging and function tests of your kidney are norma David Rudnick, M.D. Sat, 12 Jan 2013 08:31:47 -0500 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Single-Kidney/show/1868702#post_8724879 https://www.medhelp.org/posts/Kidney-Stones/Single-Kidney/show/1868702#post_8724879