You wrote:
"List of pre-existing conditions: Heart, lungs, headaches, leg cramps at night, tired over all unwell feeling, flank pain, abdominal cramping, bladder problems (new) joint pain, bone pain,
List of other diseases, conditions, or injuries and their treatment: auto accident two years ago, fractured leg still has pain. It took 1 year and a half to heal. Just had lung exrays, results were normal. Blood work Carbon Dioxide slightly high 27, Billirubin slightly high 1.3, according to blood work perimenopause
Current medical status: spirometry test, showed a problem with my lungs. Just completed a heart monitor for 5 weeks waiting for results. Alot of heart palpations"
Having one kidney smaller than the other doesn’t always mean that the kidney is damaged. Smaller kidneys can function as normal as the bigger one and the discrepancy in size is fairly normal. An ultrasound scan can measure the exact kidneys’ dimensions and can visualize some features of their anatomic structure (cortex, medulla and calyx) to indirectly make judgments about the kidney’s function. A better test, however, for evaluating the function of each kidney separately is called an Intra-venous pyelography (IVP). You can consult a nephrologist about this exam and request a visit to the doctor's office.
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