Hydronephrosis is a disease in which the cups and pelvis of the kidney expand . The disease progresses, producing a thinning of the kidney tissue, causing dysfunctions of the basic functions. With a diagnosis of kidney hydronephrosis, treatment is carried out under the supervision of doctors. The disease occurs with violations of the outflow of urine from the calyx and renal pelvis. At the same time, deviations in the blood circulation in the renal tissues occur. If in this condition there is also an expansion of the ureter, then in these cases they speak of ureterohydronephrosis.
Most often, kidney hydronephrosis, the symptoms of which have different intensities, is manifested in women and children. The disease is divided into primary, arising from abnormalities of the upper urinary tract, and secondary, which occurs as a result of complications caused by some ailments.
Usually the development of hydronephrosis occurs gradually and slowly. The treatment of the disease is to eliminate the cause of the deviations. Conservative methods give poor results due to their inefficiency. They are used only to relieve pain in the inflammatory process going on in the kidneys, as well as to alleviate the symptoms of renal failure and lowering blood pressure.
Surgical intervention is performed in cases when restoration of the renal pelvis system is required. First of all, the type, method and scope of the operation, which must be performed during the reconstruction of organs, depends on the source that led to the disease. These same factors affect the prognosis of a person's recovery.
When kidney hydronephrosis develops, treatment is carried out by laparoscopic methods. These are the advanced popular ways to get rid of the disease, which have a low invasiveness. When a kidney loses its functions, it is removed, otherwise various complications are possible. Most often, the elderly are operated on in this way.
Kidney hydronephrosis during pregnancy can be determined at an early stage. Usually in women with this disease, a dull pulling pain occurs, which gives to the inguinal region. With this disease, urinary retention occurs. If you experience this kind of sensation - do not panic and think that a miscarriage or premature birth can occur. First of all, you should consult a doctor, if he determines an enlarged organ, then a kidney hydronephrosis will be diagnosed.
Treatment and diagnosis of the disease is made on the basis of urine analysis. But to fully confirm the diagnosis is possible only with the help of ultrasound. It must be remembered that X-ray and excretory urography examinations are contraindicated for pregnant women.
The main danger of hydronephrosis is that possible complications lead to the development of pyelonephritis, since pregnant women have an increased risk of infection. In children, pathology is often caused by anatomical causes, which are congenital in nature. The disease can be diagnosed even in the fetus located in the womb. If the disease is not recognized in utero, then it is identified by the presence of blood impurities in the urine.
There are other signs that confirm hydronephrosis of the kidney. Treatment is usually associated with surgery. But in the absence of complications, the disease can be controlled. The primary task in such cases is to identify and eliminate the cause of hydronephrosis. For example, if the disease is associated with kidney stones, they must be crushed immediately.
In children, the symptoms of the disease manifest themselves in the form of abdominal pain, fever, the appearance of a large neoplasm in the abdominal cavity.