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Suggest Treatment For Increase In Kidney Size With Internal Echoes
I had an ultra sound on my right kidney in july, I had a follow up yesterday it showed an increase in size from 1.6 in july to 2.6 yeasterday with a few internal echoes. I have no blood in my urine, no pain, and I exercise everyday. What should my course of action be?
Fri, 11 Jul 2014
Hi,
Hopefully there will be no major issue if you have no pain or fever or blood in urine, but I suggest that you get your urine for analysis and culture, as internal echoes usually suggest infection, and a mild untreated infection high in the kidneys can become a full-blown pyonephrosis where the kidney turns into a sac of pus.
You can start antibiotics if the culture grows bacteria and can give a senesitivity pattern which is optimal for you.
Hopefully there will be no major issue if you have no pain or fever or blood in urine, but I suggest that you get your urine for analysis and culture, as internal echoes usually suggest infection, and a mild untreated infection high in the kidneys can become a full-blown pyonephrosis where the kidney turns into a sac of pus.
You can start antibiotics if the culture grows bacteria and can give a senesitivity pattern which is optimal for you.
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