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DISORDERS OF THE KIDNEY (Polycystic kidney disease (Management (Control…

- - - - Family history of polycystic kidney disease
    - - the abdomen may be palpable
      - prognosis is usually poor
      - kidney may be palpable as hard as mass
- - - - Family history of renal trauma
      - The patient may complain with difficult in passing out urine
    - - intermitted hematuria
      - there may be weakness and pallor that is compartable
- - - - The patient may complain with severe colicky pain or aching on the flank and bach
    - - Urinary frequency and incomplete emptying of the bladder will be present
      - The patient may be out of symptoms if the obstruction is partial or gradual
- - - - Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney. a radical nephroctomy is the removal of one entire kidney, sorrounding lymph nodes, and the adrenal gland and is usually performed as a first step in treating kidney cancer. after removal of a kidney patients can lead normal, healthful lives, as long as the remaining kidney is functioning well
    - - With partial nephroctomy only the tumor and tissue immediately surrounding the tumor is removed. This type of kidney surgery is most often done when it is important to maintain kidney fuction