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Kidney cyst
Kidney cysts are fluid filled sacs that form in the kidney. Most are simple cysts and harmless. Some may interfere with kidney function.
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A 18-year old asked:
how do you cure kidney cysts?
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A 43-year old female asked:
How soon does a kidney cyst develop?
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A 33-year old male asked about a 44-year old female:
How to remove kidney cysts if docs say they can't intervene bcoz there are too many and they are slowly spreading to liver? Kidns Function: 70-30%?
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A 54-year old female asked:
I had large bilateral kidney cysts drained at age 35. I feel the discomfort of their return. How likely is it I will develop cysts on other organs?
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A 31-year old male asked:
How common are "A typical simple kidney cysts"mine is 1cm?&what is the % of them being cancerous or become cancerous?&for how long should I follow it?
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A 35-year old asked:
Does having large bilateral kidney cysts make me more likely to have cysts on other organs?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can kidney cysts cause rather bad flank pain?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Can a simple kidney cyst change to a complex malignant cyst?
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A 42-year old asked:
Complex kidney cyst on right kidney. How would this be removed?
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A 31-year old male asked:
What is the difference between A typical and simple kidney cyst? I have a typical simple cyst of 1 cm on left kidney. I 'm male 31 years...
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A 39-year old asked:
Can kidney cyst compromise my immune system?
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A 63-year old male asked:
How one can live with kidney cysts and enlarged prostate gland?
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A 36-year old female asked:
Dear doctor, my husband has kidney cyst. will i catch it if we have unprotected sex? thank you.
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A 48-year old female asked:
I'm having alot of back pain that feels like kidneys - sm complex kidney cysts - I've had kid stones all my life - none right now. Dr says not kidneys?
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A 32-year old asked:
What are the symptoms of kidney cysts or adrenal gland tumors?
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A 31-year old asked:
Can kidney cysts cause adrenal insufficiency?
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A 23-year old female asked:
I have a kidney cyst that my doctor just wants to monitor. Should I be worried? What causes them and how can I get rid of it? Pregnant, found on U/S
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A 61-year old female asked:
61yr old female, 1-inch area back pain, left of spine & near tip of shoulder blade. Left kidney cyst; urologist said my pain was not from kidney area.
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A 54-year old female asked:
New spot found on liver thru CT.early BT show increase liver enzymes.US show fullness kidney & cyst on gallbladder.What does this mean?
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A 27-year old female asked about a 57-year old female:
Is 50-100 gram daily consumption of red wine harmful given a patient has kidney cyst and cholecystitis? The intetion of the consumption is to reduce atherosclerosis. The patient has hypertention.
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A 47-year old asked:
What could you say about benign kidney cyst, ganglion cyst, grade 2 internal hemorrhoids, slight heart murmur?
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A 18-year old male asked:
Gall bladder polyps, aorta artherosclerotic, cyst right kidney, cyst liver, endometrial thickening all in ten years. Is this normal in that time?
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A 61-year old female asked:
CT shows complex kidney cyst is 6cm is IIF. But my Dr wants another CT in Dec I can't have MRI as I have brain clip. Should I wait?
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A 59-year old male asked:
ANA320 homogeneous,sed rate 5,CRP 5, skin rash from sun, hx. 1996 of ANA80,CMV igg58,EBV igg>90,liver and kidney cysts,mild splenomegaly?
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A 34-year old male asked:
In 2007 I was told I had a lesion on one kidney & a cyst on the other. Since then I never followed up on it, nor was I told to. If anything was to come of that, would it have done so by now?
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A 31-year old asked:
My doctor found large simple cyst kidney, what to do?
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A 27-year old female asked:
i am a 28 years old female. i have a kidney cysts(1.2Cm size). i need to know am i able to get a pregnancy?
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A 38-year old asked:
Do kidney cysts usually cause abdominal and groin pain?
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A 61-year old female asked:
Kidney fluid filled cyst stage 2 on ct could this be the reason for abd burning and continual uri since January will be having cystoscopy 2 wks ?
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A 43-year old female asked:
What it a tiny incidenta l of the cyst left kidney mean?
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