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Kidney Cancer
You have two kidneys. They are fist-sized organs on either side of your backbone above your waist. The tubes inside filter and clean your blood, taking out waste products and making urine. Kidney cancer forms in the lining of tiny tubes inside your kidneys. It happens most often in people over 40. Risk factors include smoking, having certain genetic conditions and misusing pain medicines for a long time.
Often, kidney cancer doesn’t have early symptoms. However, see your health care provider if you notice
* Blood in your urine
* A lump in your abdomen
* Unexplained weight loss
* Pain in your side
* Loss of appetite Read the rest of this entry »
Urinary Tract Infection
Urinary tract infection or cystitis due to an infection of the urinary bladder usually caused by intestinal bacteria. It is more common in women than in men. At urinary tract infection, you feel pee more often than usual and it stings when urinating. Urine can sometimes be cloudy and smell bad. To relieve symptoms you should drink a lot and urinate frequently. Antibiotics are a common drug therapy for urinary tract infection
Why urinary tract infections occur?
Urinary tract infection due to bacteria that penetrated into the bladder through the urethra. Typically, the intestinal bacteria that man carries himself. If the bacteria at a urinary tract infection continue further up the body from the bladder up to the kidneys, a renal pelvic inflammation occur, which is a more severe form of urinary tract infection. Read the rest of this entry »