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Kidney Stone Removal Report By Joe Barton - Is It Any Good?
Good evening my friends

I'm looking for people who bought the Kidney Stone Removal Report by Joe Barton and can tell me what they think about this guide.
I'm looking for natural cures for kidney stones and wonder if the treatment described inside Joe Barton'a Kidney Stone Removal Report book really work.
Any help from people who tried it will be great.
Thanks..

• ANSWER:
  Hi
  I bought The Kidney Stone Removal Report by Joe Barton few weeks ago and found the treatment inside this guide to be very helpful for me to eliminate my kidney stone in only a few days.

  The main treatment recommended in the Kidney Stone Removal Report guide is easy to “make”, and the ingredients for the treatment can be found just about anywhere.

  What I really liked best about this treatment is that it offers 100% natural treatment that does not cause any kind of side effects and doesn’t involve any chemical drugs or risky surgery that can harm your health.

  I don't know if the treatment described in the Kidney Stone Removal Report will work for everyone but I personally believe that with the full money back guarantee from Joe Barton there isn’t any risk and it can be a good idea to try this treatment first before wasting a lot of money on surgery or dangerous chemicals.

  These are my thoughts about Joe Barton's Kidney Stone Removal Report guide and I hope that it helps.
  By the way, below is also one link that I've found in other question about this guide, you can use it to get about 25% discount for the Kidney Stone Removal Report including full money back guarantee for 2 months.
  I wish you the best!

QUESTION:
can anyone share there Joe Barton Kidney Stone Removal Report?
I'm unemployed with no health ins and have an 8mm kidney stone that the pain is unbearable at times, need some help. Thx

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QUESTION:
What is the "Kidney Stone Removal Report"?
I have been passing kidney stones for two days. Online they say there is some fluid that you drink 72 oz of followed by eating some green veggie... blah blah blah. I hurt so bad. Does anyone know what this remedy thing is? I think the guy is a jerk to make people pay just to learn what to buy to get rid of this insane pain!!

• ANSWER:
  Chances are that the "Report" is a scam. There is magic cure

  1) Drinks LOTs of fluids
  2) For men, the medication Flomax can make them easier to pass
  3) See your doctor. Stone pain usually rates narcotics.

QUESTION:
My 19 yrs old neice is suffering from kidney stone, please is there any natural solution for her, please help?
Last 2 months, I ordered "the kidney stone removal report" from Barton publishing Inc, she followed all the instructions but nothing happened. Right now she is complaining of pain and I feel for her, please I need your help, anybody that have gotten rid of kidney stone with natural remedy or alternative medicine should please let me know.

• ANSWER:
  Cheyenne pepper, use this spice when you prepare meals add to soups, salads..be careful not to inhale. Drink 'nettle tea' herb, that you can drink as tea. There are other solutions but I don't remember off hand..The Cheyenne and Nettle tea helped me.

QUESTION:
If 7ml kidney stone not bothering anything. Shall I go through its removal by Lithotripsy?
Hi my husband has kidney stone. one in each kidney. It was 8mm in April in cat Scan at one hospital where he goes for prostate Now x ray report says increase but cat scan at another place says 7mm.

The doctor has schedule for Lithotripsy on 7th December. Shall we go for that or just extend if my husband has no problem. He went through all this because he had back pain in right. His kidney stone of left is 8mm and right is 2 mm

My husband has has enlarged prostate and urine stays in bladder about 225 ml and the flow rate is slow too. He has started taking medication for flo. Are these conditions co related to stones or it is just separate things?
He has misty mesentry in April which is decreased in Cat scan .

But the main thing is he is 100% OK. Does yoga, walks does day today life work. If I didn;t know about all these internal things I will say at 64 he is in his good heath just little bit fat on waist.

I am issuless so my husband is my only near relative.

If you are doctor then only please reply.

• ANSWER:
  i suggest u to go through your doctors opinion, i feel he is right.

QUESTION:
Could I have kidney stones?
I am starting to have this pain, from the middle right side of my back, that goes into my stomach. My room mate just had kidney stones a few months ago, and when I showed him where my pain was he mentioned thats where his was. July 15th (one day short of a month after my daughter was born) I had my gallbladder removed. I had severe stones and when they removed my gallbladder they said that it was 4x more inflamed than they had thought. It was severely infected and was starting to spread but they caught it on time. I heard that after having gallbladder removal or kidney stones you have a higher chance of getting the other, and probably just as bad as the first. Could this be true? I am worried about both outcomes of having kidney stones. Trying to release the stones through urine and surgery, either way I know both is either going to hurt or have a long healing process. I have a 2 year old and a 10 month old so these things are really hard for me to think about. Serious answers only please you will otherwise be reported and deleted. Thank you very much in advance I really appreciate your help!!

• ANSWER:
  Kidney stone pain is sudden and severe, comes out of nowhere and is so severe it can make you sick to your stomach, it generally starts in the back, lower back(flank area) and can radiate to the abdomen on the same side and to the groin as well. Kidney stone pain comes and goes as the stone moves, it is excruciating...equivalent to labor pain.

  What you might be experiencing is more still related to Gallstones, even though your Gallbladder is gone, sometimes you can get a stone trapped in the Common Bile Duct, which can cause very similar pain to what the Gallbladder pain felt like, this pain is a continuous pain and can cause nausea and vomiting. It is felt in the center of your stomach, where your rib cage meets it, can travel to the upper right abdomen and to the shoulder blade area or between the shoulder blades.
  Follow up to get it checked out before it escalates like your Gallbladder.

QUESTION:
I've been diagnosed with 229.0 COI Heptitis B Surface Antigen (Australian Antigen). Is it curable?
This is reported when i'd to undergo Kidney Stone Removal Surgery. The Doctor suspended the operation and asked for complete cure of this hepatitis B. I'm afraid whether it is curable or not. Further Examinations of Lever like LFT (Liver Function Test) showed SGOT at 78.0 U/L and SGPT at 137.0 U/L and also Direct Bilirubin at 0.6 mg% (Total Bilirubin at 0.9 mg%). This increased my tension. Plz anybody help me what i should do. Further reports like HBe Ag and AFP are still pending.
What does this higher SGOT (78.0 U/L), SGPT (137.0 U/L) and Direct Bilirubin (0.6 mg%) mean ?
I'm diagnosed with Hepatitis B (Career Stage). If it is not curable than is it possible to get the virus restricted or reduced to a large extant ?

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Please help me im too tensed.?
Ok it goes like this..I have kidney stones..1 in each kidney..not large ones..I consulted a renowned urologist in my area and he adviced for Laser surgery for removal of the stones..I had financial problems so I ignored..I lied to my fiance that now stones are not there due to some medicines I took for the same..I have other health problems too and frankly ita all due to my carelessness..I had a fight with my fiance and now he wants to see the report of my kidney..As I was boasting that I dont have stones anymore..We are going to meet on 28th of this month as he lives in another city..I have just one option and that is to go for laser surgery..Please advice me how should I go about it..Any help regarding the surgery and its effects would be appreciated.

• ANSWER:
  go take care of this now before you have more problems and ling to your fiance was the worst you could do
  come clean to him tell him why you lied and that there was no exclude
  following the docs orders and the truth are the only way

QUESTION:
Please help.?
Ok it goes like this..I have kidney stones..1 in each kidney..not large ones..I consulted a renowned urologist in my area and he adviced for Laser surgery for removal of the stones..I had financial problems so I ignored..I lied to my fiance that now stones are not there due to some medicines I took for the same..I have other health problems too and frankly its all due to my carelessness..I had a fight with my fiance and now he wants to see the report of my kidney..As I was boasting that I dont have stones anymore..We are going to meet on 28th of this month as he lives in another city..I have just one option and that is to go for laser surgery..Please advice me how should I go about it..Any help regarding the surgery and its effects would be appreciated.

• ANSWER:
  the laser procedure is called lithotripsy. you'd have to go back to see the urologist that first suggested you have this done. depending on the hospital and the area where you live getting a surgery time could mean a couple of days to weeks. you're tender for several days, it's a day surgery and you'll need somebody to drive you home later, most people stay in bed a coulpe of days and drink lots of water. this only breaks down the stone into very small pieces so the body can pass the stone fragment, there are those people that will require more than one. after this procedure you still have to go back to your doctors office and have x-rays to see if the entire stone is gone. etc. But this isn't the point of your letter. Your fiance does not have the right to demand or bully you around. You are in charge of your body and it's up to you do be pro or con about what's done to it. Granted you've admitted to not taking care of yourself, hey, that's a start right there. I think I would stand my ground and say " hey, I'm in charge of me and that's that." Money issues are very real and you are not the only one that has waited due to high cost of medical care. There are county services and hospitals that take care of patient that need medical treatments. it's not like a kidney stone was something you went out and bought as a fashion statement.
  bottom line. contact the doctor and revisit this issue, second: chin up, shoulders back, and pay the price let him know the truth and way you felt pressured to avoid telling the truth, you are planning to marry this guy, right? then communication is the ground floor, the foundation of a relationship. I wish you luck and hope the best for you.

QUESTION:
Undiagnosed Ailment - Who is responsible?
I was having a gall bladder attack back in July of 2008 and as a result had several x-rays and ultimately my gall bladder removed.

In April of 2009, I was having some lower back pain and had X-Rays done.

Now in August of 2009 I was diagnosed with a large kidney stone. When I went to the urologist I was referred to, I was told to bring my x-rays and medical records from my initial diagnosis.

When I went to the medical records department, they asked me how far back did I need my films and reports and I told them to go back to July of 2008 when I had my gall bladder attack and subsequent removal.

Imagine my surprise when the Urologist looked at those films from July of 2008 as well as the films from April of 2009 and there was the kidney stone getting bigger and bigger as the three films progresses.

I understand that a radiologist has to review these films and got a bill from them to prove it.

Question is: Is there any liability or negligence on the radiologist who reviewed the films on the prior to occasions who missed the kidney stone. My current surgeon who discovered this stated that there is even some mention in one of the written reports about it but nothing was ever mentioned or told to me.

Who, if anyone, is responsible for this oversight or is it just my tough luck?

Thanks for your help.

• ANSWER:
  I'm sorry to say, but I think it's your tough luck. You would SO get the run-around if you tried to pursue this, and I doubt an attorney would even take your case!

  Your best bet is to call a medical attorney and ask them.

  Good luck to you, and I hope you get well real soon. Be glad you had the chance to discover this! Your health is the most important thing.

QUESTION:
Does anyone know about using lithotripsy (sound waves) for gallstones instead of surgery (cholecystectomy)?
About a year ago, I had a gallstone attack for the first time. I am in my 30's. I went to the ER; ultrasound found a single gallstone. I think the report said it was 5mm. They recommended a low fat diet & gallbladder removal surgery (cholecystectomy).

That was a year ago. Since then my weight decreased from 190 to under 160 due to diet change & increased exercise. Since my original attack, I have had attacks about every other month (7 attacks), none as severe. My last attack was 3 months ago.

I scheduled surgery for early next month. I'm wondering, however, if there are any scientifically demonstrated alternatives to surgery. I have done research & have read about lithotripsy & actigall:
http://www.lifespan.org/rih/services/surgery/mininvasive/patient/gallstones/lithotripsy.htm

I live in Denver & can't find any local information. Can't find who does lithotripsy on gallbladder nearby. GI doctors I called are all booked past surgery date. Can anyone help or provide more info?

• ANSWER:
  My fiance recently had gallstone attacks, and they were unbarable for her. We discussed all of her options with the GI specialist, and his opinion was that using soundwaves to break the gallstones(like they do often with kidneystones) was rarely effective and the gallstones would usually return.

  He recommended having the gall bladder removed, so that's what we did.

  I'm not going to lie, the process wasn't fun for her. Surgery hurts. But it was totally worth it. She no longer has gallstone attacks and she can live her life to the fullest.

QUESTION:
Gallbladder Removal - Who Has Had Theirs Removed?
I have had severe pain caused by gallstones and gallbladder inflammation now for over a year. The pain can come once a month or as frequently as 3 times a week and can last for anything from 20 minutes to several hours. I have put off having my gallbladder removed as I have read stories on the web about people regretting having it removed. But now, my doctor has told me it is getting more serious and I really need to have it taken out, especially as my last attack brought on the early start of pancreatitis.

I am 39 years old, 5ft 8 and a normal weight for my height. I eat quite healthily during the week but have been known to indulge in something a bit more tasty (but not so healthy) at weekends. I have cut out all the major things that were triggering my attacks, such as eggs, cheese, fried food etc. and have tried drinking lots of apple juice, lemon juice and olive oil etc. as recommended in "alternative to gallbladder removal" advice pages. Since my last attack, I was too scared to eat as I had only had a jacket potato with baked beans to eat before the attack and during this time I lost 5lbs in weight.

I have read about people who have put on huge amounts of weight after having the gallbladder removed, have still had pain, severe diarrhea and other complications. Obviously I know that if I have it removed I will not be able to eat junk food all the time, but I would like to think that I would be able to eat a little bit of what I fancy when I fancy it as any normal person would?

My questions is really to people who have had their gallbladder removed or have genuine knowledge of this operation. Did you regret it or are you pleased you had it removed? Are there any other alternatives (apart from the flush)? Im trying to get a more accurate idea of the pros and cons of the operation as there seems to be a lot of stories on the web of people who have regretted having it done due to all the issues that come with it, but not so many stories of people who have never regretted having it done. I only know 2 people who have had it removed, in both cases it was over 20 years ago, but they both report no side effects, no problems, no change in diet, no weight gain, no diarrhea etc. So I would really like to know of anyone who has had this operation more recently and their personal opinions.

Thanks in advance.

• ANSWER:
  Having gallstones can be life threatening if a stone becomes lodged in your common bile duct. The common bile duct drains the liver and the pancreas. The gallbladder stores bile, which emulsifies fat. Having your gallbladder removed does not cause you to gain weight. Excess calories cause weight gain. There are NO foods or substances that will dissolve gallstones. The body can continue to produce stones even after the gallbladder is removed, that should have no influence on removing your gallbladder. Diseased organs are more likely to cause infections. An infection of the gallbladder can lead to peritonitis, which can also be life threatening. The symptoms that your having after eatting a high fat meal are typical when your body needs bile to help with fat digestion, the gallbladder is stimulated to release bile, and this causes pain for some one with cholycystitis (medical term for an inflammed gallbladder). You should speak with a general surgeon regarding this type of illness. This is the physician who would perform the surgery and they will be able to give you accurate information that you can depend on.

QUESTION:
question's about gallbladder and liver?
i had an ultrasound last week the report said i have no gallstones but my gall bladder is filled with some kind of fluid or edema and the gb wall is mildly thick and i have fatty liver i don't drink alcohol,i am not very over Weight,it said my gb was contracted and the pancreas was largely obscured by bowel gas,i did fasting for 6hours like the asked me to do it also said my gb was not optimally distended even after the fasting.i was tested positive for the Murphy thing.i have pain in gb area after meals.any one ever had gall bladder problems and removal that can help me.

• ANSWER:
  Hi snobaby

  You have what's called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and acalculous (without stones) cholecystitis. You may also have diabetes or be pre-diabetic and/or Metabolic Syndrome.

  Removal of the gallbladder for your condition is done often but is still controversial in many cases. If you'd like to save your gallbladder, there is a procedure called cholecystostomy (or sometimes -cystotomy) in which fluid is drained out of the gallbladder.

  It's possible to turn your health around! You might take this as a sign that it's time to clean up your diet and start exercising.

  A diet that heals and prevents gallbladder disease is something like the South Beach Diet. Lots of green leafy vegetables, a little fresh fruit, lean fish and meat, good fats (fish oil, olive oil) and no sugar. Quench your thirst with only water.

  NAFLD and the accompanying inflammation can be helped over time with antioxidants like fish oil, Vitamins A, C, D and E. A multi-antioxidant like one made by Natrol (it's the one I take) contains many of these. Other supplements that might help include betaine and N-acetylcysteine.

  Take great care in making this decision. Many people continue to have pain and other symptoms years after cholecystectomy, so it's not necessarily a cure-all.

  Hope this helps some!

  I wish you the best of luck.

QUESTION:
Army MEPS - disqualifying?
I had gallstones and a follow-up gallbladder removal in 2001. It is major surgery I will have to report to MEPS, and the physician will see the scars anyway. It was done with a scope and there have been no complications.

However, I do not know the name of the hospital in which I received the surgery, and the Army needs this information to request the file. So basically, since I cannot remember, the file cannot be found.

Will this disqualify me? Or just delay the process? Is there any way around having the records?

Please do not answer, "They will hold off until they get the file." Unless they can somehow look it up...it cannot be found. Thank you.
Nine years, not nine months.

• ANSWER:
  I think I just answered about the same question somewhere else.

  First of all MEPS is not going to by the statement you don't know who removed your gall bladder or what hospital did it. Come on, you were in the hospital and had surgery, 9 months ago at that. Be very careful what you say at MEPS and be very careful listening to what a recruiter tells you to say at MEPS. Unfortunately there are many recruiters that only care about getting an enlistment for the month.

  Take it from someone who worked in recruiting for almost 10 years, you can and will be discharged for falsifying information at MEPS if someone finds out after you have enlisted! I saw several people discharged from the military for withholding and falsifying information at MEPS. For example a person wanted to be a military policeman, MP. His recruiter told him it was no big deal that he had a traffic ticket for speeding in a school zone, and normally that would not be a big deal unless you want to be an MP. This guy was discharged after completing Basic Training and AIT when his back ground check was done for a security clearance because guess what, they discovered the ticket.

  You lie or falsify information, get in the military, and later on have a problem any way connected with what you with held and you will be discharged with an erroneous enlistment discharge if you are lucky, and don’t get a other than honorable discharge which will follow you the rest of your life.

  99% chance that if you go to MEPS and tell them you don’t have the record or know where it is, you will at the least get TDQd which means temporarily disqualified, and then have to return for a medical consult, which means you see a doctor of their choice and the that doctor decides if you get in or not. When MEPS sees your scars they will not take your word for whatever you tell them you had done, they will send you to a doctor of their choice to find out what you had done.

  So, which would you rather have decide if you are medically qualified, your doctor, or a quack that gets 0.00 to make a quick decision about your health? If it were me, having 10 years experience with MEPS, I would get off my duff and get the medical records, and I would also see this doctor or my regular doctor and get a letter stating that you are OK, and have not had any problems since having your gall bladder removed.

  Lastly let me tell you how a medical waiver can go. I had a young man who had a tiny scratch on his hand, that looked like it was healing and a little scaly. The doctors at MEPS TDQd him for possible psoriasis. This man had to return to MEPS see a dermatologist who said “it may or may not be psoriasis”, and suggested a Surgeon General make the call. The waiver was submitted to the surgeon general who never saw this man and said “recommend Department of the Army waiver, may or may not be psoriasis.” Another waiver was sent to DA which takes months, and guess what this guy was PDQd which means permanently disqualified for a tiny scratch which WAS NOT psoriasis. So don’t believe a waiver, especially a medical waiver will happen overnight, and most times does not come out good, because the military does not want the risk of having someone who is unfit from the beginning.

  Is it really worth not telling the truth about? I seriously doubt having your gall bladder removed will disqualify you, unless there is a time limit that states you cannot enlist for x amount of time after having this surgery.

QUESTION:
Have failing gallbladder and stones- pain killer taken away?
I've been to the ER 3 times, the first was on June 4. I was diagnosed by the first physician as having a heart attack because of the excruciating pain in my chest, shortness of breath, nausea, vomitting and chills. The second doctor that took a look at me said I had an esophageal spasm aka GERD. I was given 10 mg morphine via I.M. (The veins kept busting for an IV because i was dehydrated) and given a perscription for 15 5mg vicodin and sent home. The 8th came and the pain and all the symptoms were back. No tests other than temperature, blood pressure and heart rate were done and urinalysis and blood.

8th came, symptoms returned. went back to the ER. 8 hours later, they did an ultrasound, EKG, and chest X-rays to find voila! Gallstones and on top of that, my gallbladder is failing. I was once more given morphine and another perscription for 15 5mg vicodins, because my last ones I had to make a police report for, were stolen from my home and I had only taken 8 of the 15.

Then last night, the symptoms were back. They talked about emergency removal because I haven't eaten in 3 days and am extremely dehydrated and can barely eat or drink anything. The doctor asked me to rate my pain level: It was so bad I was practically screaming and doubled over. He took me off the vicodin (which helped me eat small, low fat things) and traded it for Bentyl (a medicine for IBS) gave me MORE morphine and sent me home and gave me the number of a surgeon to call. He said the Gallbladder is causing the problem and they would've done an emergency operation, but it wasn't causing ENOUGH of a problem.

I took the first Bentyl today and I still feel terrible. I don't have IBS, I don't even have constipation or diarrhea! I feel weak, sleepy and still in pain. And they have on the follow up care instructions to return if the vomitting continues, (it has) the pain is not relieved (it isn't), Have weakness dizziness or unusual drowsiness (since taking the 30 mg of Bentyl I've had this) or a fever over 100*F (It went to 100.3 today then went down).

WHAT SHOULD I DO? I NEED IT OUT NOW.

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QUESTION:
What's wrong? Urinating every 20 minutes, no infection, not kidney stones, not pregnant.?
Help! I have had frequency of urination for a couple of months - had a course of antibiotics but there was no infection and that did not help. I am really bloated and have a lot of pressure, some pain in abdomen. In the past week, the frequency of urination increased to around every 20 minutes during the day and about 5 times during the night. My doctor gave me FloMax saying it might help with the frequency and could help with passing a kidney stone. (At that point, we both thought it was a kidney stone because I have a history of them). Yes, I know Flo-Max is for men. But it is being increasingly used off label for women for frequency and to help pass kidney stones.

He sent me to get a non-contrast CT scan and it showed no kidney stones. It did show a cyst on my left ovary. The nurse told me if the cyst was large enough, it could be causing the frequency of urination. But when I went to the OB/GYN they said it wasn't large enough (only 2.6cm).

The OB/GYN is trying to send me to the urologist without sending me back to my GP (not sure if my insurance will accept that). And I would like to check out non-invasive tests before they stick the scope up there, ok? What I'm wondering is: has anyone else had symptoms like these and what did it turn out to be? I see similar questions on here but no one ever seems to come back and say what it was after they find out.

This is driving me crazy. Usually I can figure out what is wrong (or at least narrow it down to a couple of things) so that when I see the doctor, I can make sure he checks those out. I have found this to be important since I have been misdiagnosed in the past (more than once). One time I had the same symptoms as above, the doctor treated me for a UTI even though urinalysis was negative, said if that didn't work, come back and we would try something else. I came back but the doctor did the same - more antibiotics for negative urinalysis. I came back again (by this time I was urinating every 15 minutes and my boss was so mad I thought he was going to fire me) and the dr wanted to do antibiotics a 3rd time in spite of yet another negative urinalysis. But by that time, I had done some research and was pretty sure I had a kidney stone. So I requested she order an IVP x-ray (yes, it's old technology now) and she got mad and said well it isn't necessary and your insurance won't cover it. I told her I didn't care, that I would pay for it myself. Amazingly she did order the test. When she got the results, I received a personal phone call from her saying she was sorry, that I DID have a kidney stone and it was obstructing my left ureter and I needed surgery immediately. I appreciate that she had the guts to apologize personally. So, anyway, that (and a couple of other incidents I will spare you) is why I like to have some IDEAS of what to ask about when I go into the doctors office.

Anyone else's experience and results? Please!!

• ANSWER:
  I get that problem everytime I go on a bender down the pub.

QUESTION:
I need explanation of different pains with Urinary/Kidney issues?
Could someone please tell me the differences in pain and location of pain and symptoms for the following three conditions in a woman?

1. Urinary Tract Infection

2. Kidney Infection

3.Kidney Stones

Thank You

• ANSWER:
  1) UTI - classically burning sensation on urinary, frequency, urgency

  2) Kidney infection - usually flank pain, fever, chills

  3) Kidney stones - renal colic pain i.e. pain that classically starts in the flank and radiates in a path sort of following the crest of the hip to the genital area. Usually excruciating pain that causes people to writhe in pain, but only when being passed from the kidney to bladder.

QUESTION:
Can you answer any of these?
any answers would help. thanks

2. The body gains solutes from all of the following processes except ________.

a.secretion by cells

b. metabolism

c. respiration

d. sweating

3. All of the following metabolic waste products are removed primarily by the urinary system except ________.

a. carbon dioxide

b. uric acid

c. ammonia

d. creatine

4. The structure that carries filtrate from the kidney to the bladder is the ________.

a. ureter

b. urethra

c. nephron

d. distal tubule

5. The kidney's central cavity is called the ________.

a. kidney medulla

b. renal pelvis

c. renal capsule

d. kidney cortex

6. The structure of the nephron which receives the substances filtered from blood is the ________.

a. glomerulus

b. Bowman's capsule

c. loop of Henle

d. collecting duct

7. In a nephron, the glomerulus is located between the ________ and the ________.

a. Bowman's capsule, loop of Henle

b. afferent arteriole, efferent arteriole

c. efferent arteriole, peritubular capillaries

d. proximal tubule and distal tubule

8.Which nephron structure is not correctly paired with its function?

a. glomerular capillaries, filtration

b. loop of Henle, urine concentration

c. proximal tubule, secretion

d. Bowman's capsule, reabsorption

9.Reabsorption returns all or most of the ________ in nephron tubules to the blood.

a. water

b. glucose

c. amino acids

d. all of the choices

10.Urinary secretion maintains the body's acid-base balance through secretion of excess ________.

a.
water

b.
hydrogen ions

c.
potassium ions

d.
urea

11.In the nephron, cells of the ________ prevent water from escaping.

a.
peritubular capillaries

b.
proximal tubules

c.
descending loop of Henle

d.
distal tubules

12. Which hormone produced in the brain increases water reabsorption in the distal tubules of the nephron?

a.
renin

b.
aldosterone

c.
ADH

d.
diuretic

13. The "thirst center" in the brain monitors ________.

a.
the amount of saliva produced by salivary glands

b.
the juxtaglomerular apparatus

c.
blood pH levels

d.
blood volume

14. The kidneys control the body's acid-base balance by ________.

a.
excreting bicarbonate buffer

b.
forming new bicarbonate buffer and adding it to the blood

c.
excreting excess H+ ions

d.
all of the choices

15. Kidneys excrete excess H+ ions by combining them with ________.

a.
phosphate ions

b.
ammonia (NH3)

c.
bicarbonate

d.
all of the choices

16. Glucose in urine may be a sign of ________.

a.
hepatitis

b.
urinary tract infection

c.
diabetes

d.
hypertension

17. Which disease affecting the urinary system is more frequent in women than in men?

a.
kidney stones

b.
polycystic kidney disease

c.
bladder infection

d.
glomerulonephritis

18.Symptoms of kidney-function impairment include ________.

a.
nausea

b.
fatigue

c.
memory loss

d.
all of the choices

19. A hemodialysis machine ________.

a.
selectively exchanges solutes across a membrane between the patient's blood and a chemical solution

b.
replaces the patient's blood with a balanced chemical solution

c.
adds a balanced chemical solution to the patient's blood

d.
transfuses cross-matched blood to the patient

• ANSWER:
  d
  a
  a
  a
  d
  b
  d
  a
  b
  no idea
  c
  either B or D
  not sure about 14
  or 15
  C
  C, bladder infections
  don't know 18
  A

  P.S. You don't learn anything from letting other people do your homework for you, but I like the challenge and did it anyway.

QUESTION:
I've been getting really sick for about a week now, but ONLY at night. Help me figure it out!?
For the past week I've been having an upset stomach: nausea, diarrhea, horrible stomach cramps, and vomiting yellow/clear bile. The thing is, it only happens at night, between midnight and 4 am. I'm also abnormally tired during the day. I recently began having light brown vaginal discharge, and while it may just be breakthrough bleeding (I use birth control to skip my periods a lot), it does worry me because it hasn't happened before, and I've been on this pill a few months now.

I was hospitalized a couple months ago (just before I started the pill) with uncontrollable vomiting, extreme abdominal pain, fever/chills, and fatigue/feeling like I was going to faint. At first the doctors thought it was appendicitis, but then when they found out I was on my period, they decided it was "period pain" and sent me home with some Motrin. (Wtf.)

Anyway, since then I've had less serious and painful but still extremely similar bouts of that, which I've been researching. Dysmenorrhea (extremely painful periods that often make you sick) sounds like the problem, especially if this discharge IS "breaktthrough bleeding." If that's the case, I'm not worried; nothing new birth control won't solve.

HOWEVER...my roommate's mom had a shot of appendicitis when she was my age, it went away, she experienced slight symptoms now and then, like I am now, and then suddenly, years and years down the line, her appendix ruptured. Apparently that can be very gradual, and you can feel symptoms beginning years ahead of time.

There's also a possibility I could be pregnant. Slight, but still a possibility. I took one test a while ago and it was negative, but it was really early. I'm worried the discharge's color could actually be implantation bleeding, and as for the getting sick and fatigue and whatnot, some women experience those symptoms just DAYS after conceiving.

My other thought would be food poisoning, but why only at night, and why for an entire week?

So my possibilities, to my knowledge, are dysmenorrhea, appendicitis, or pregnancy.

Additional information: I'm 19, almost 20. I'm on Apri, a generic for Desogen 28. I take vitamins, including 1200 to 1800 mg of n-acetyl cysteine, a sulfuric amino acid that, in this current dosage, is supposed to help with compulsive hairpulling, which I also have. I've heard that this dosage can cause kidney stones or liver problems if you don't supplement it with enough Vitamin C, so even though I've tried balancing the two, maybe I could have problems there too? Also I was born 3 months premature and have an unrelated heart condition (I know, I sound like such a winner having all this crap wrong with me hahaha).

PLEASE let me know if you've experience any of these symptoms and what your outcome was!

• ANSWER:
  i had the same problem they thought i had dysmenorrhea but i wasen't on my period and they sent me home with apo-naproxen, but it didn't work, my doctor thought it was appendicitis or ovarian cysts, but they didn't see anything on the x-ray and ultrasound than i had a bloodtest where they checked for chron's disease in a blood test, but still no luck.

  i don't take any medication, but i have these horrible pains also in my chest, breasts and sides it feels like a stabbing pain, but they only started coming 3 months after the pain started
  -they just dismissed me and told me to take advil, talk to your doctor about something that may cause those symptoms that doesn't involve any of the organs in your abdomen

  -i know a lot of people who have had the same problem, and did the same things, but the doctors just sent them home cuz they couldn't figure it out..

QUESTION:
What can cause kidney damage or failure in a 22 year old?
After seeing a regular doctor and kidney specialist we have found that my kidneys are not functioning properly. There is protein and blood in urine and a low creatinine clearance level in urine. I don't know the results of the blood yet. Symptoms are mainly frequent urination, frequent hunger and thirst, headaches, weight loss, fatigue and slight to moderate kidney / lower back pain. We have already ruled out diabetes.

I am an otherwise healthy 22 year old woman with two children. Never had any major abnormal test results in my life. The major diseases that pop up (besides diabetes) are polycystic kidney disease and lupus.

The kidney specialist is ordering an ultrasound and biopsy of my kidneys within the next 2 months. I had a CT scan done but she kind of avoided my question when I asked if she found anything. All she said was there were no stones found. I go back and see her next week.

What the heck can possibly be wrong?
I am very petite but have never had any eating disorders. I take Tylenol once a month, if that. I am not an alcoholic lol.

• ANSWER:

QUESTION:
PCOS, Birth Control and UTI's - HELP!?
So, recently I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. It took me years to figure out why I always considered myself "broken"... I started taking birth control around the age of 15 or so when I missed a period for 6 months. I figured I was just taking extra time to become regulated and I was excited to know that a tiny little pill could offer so many other benefits, too! The pill regulated my cycles, and didnt give me any nasty side effects alot of other women tend to complain about, and I was pretty content with how I was doing... A few years later, at the age of 18, I got my first UTI. I shrugged it off and went on with my life not knowing how much of a war I was about to wage with my body. I got two more UTI's very close to eachother, and so I started washing ALL THE TIME. I pee'd after sex, showered frequently, washed my hands before any contact down there, and even used those little "wet wipes" instead of dry, irritating toilet paper. Nothing helped. I continued to have them, one after another, sometimes more than one a month... I was missing alot of work and couldnt afford it so I stopped making trips to the urgent care center and did my best to tough it out, AZO Standard and lots of cranberry juice in hand. I started peeing blood after the 6th one in about a 4 1/2 month period. Eventually everything started to blur together. It sucked to get out of bed every morning, any extra weight on my stressed out bladder killed me, and just the slight movements of walking jostled my urinary tract enough that It was hard for me to be on my feet for too long. At this point, It seemed like I'd had almost every different kind of antibiotic out there... I had two kidney infections (that were luckily caught early enough before they got too ugly) and another SEVEN urinary tract infections. TMI, but Im sure I passed several stones of some sort, (unless I was eating razor blades and they decided to exit from route 1 instead of 2,) and after a while, I was noticing that instead of searing pain that usually accompanied the passing of what Im sure were kidney stones, I saw little bits of bloody tissue, or maybe they looked like bloodclots. Probably both.. I still dont know why I was passing tissue out of my urinary tract, but the suspicion that someone had put a blender blade on high inside of my bladder was becoming more feasible as the crap continued with no end in sight... That went on for about a year, being no rhyme or reason to why I was getting so many UTI's. There was no way to tell when I was going to get one, nor could I figure out any kind of pattern or specific cause that was leading to the infections.. I saw doctor after doctor, and when I was finally referred to a urologist, he told me I was just "extra susceptible" and I would have to go on a three month cycle of pro and antibiotics.... So ANYWHOS... I went off of my birth control for a good seven months due to a bad moving situation and a redefined schedule... And then I noticed I had not. One. Single. Infection. The WHOLE TIME I was off birth control, I was perfectly fine! I was pissing on cloud 9! In the seven months that I was off of birth control, I started getting all the tell tale signs of PCOS. I didnt know at the time what that was nor did I care about the seemingly little symptoms. I was just happy to be pain free for once. So after I got diagnosed with PCOS, my doc told me I need to be on metformin, or birth control. I opted for birth control, knowing that metformin would be saved for when I was ready to get pregnant. Then, three days after starting the BC again, the mystery was solved. I came down again with another UTI, and I new that it was the birth control causing it, although I had NEVER heard of that being a BC side effect!!

I know this became incredibly long winded, and I havent even asked my question, but I figured the back ground story with details might help with the answer! So, what in the hell is the birth control doing to me to be causing UTI's in me like they're going out of style??? Ive never heard of this side effect from birth control, so Im just hoping someone out there could give me some insight on what the heck is happening! Ive got a follow up appointment with my gyno in a few weeks and Im sure she can give me some answers, but I wanted an explanation from you guys to tide me over for at least a little while! Thank you to all the readers who hopefully managed to power through all of that!

• ANSWER:
  I suffer from PCOS as well. I understand you not wanting to take Metformin until you want to get pregnant. However, I refused the birth control due to all the unpleasant side effects. If birth control in general is giving you problems, maybe you should consider having an IUD inserted to prevent pregnancy and give the Metformin a chance. Or if you would rather take BC regardless, try asking for a low dose BC instead and maybe that will relieve you from the UTI's.

QUESTION:
i have hypothyroidism how do I proof to my idiot dad that I have really bad fatigue?
Hi,

I'm 18 and 258lbs was 280lbs.. I have hypothyroidism and was diagnosed around january 3rd or so.. Anyways, I went to the doctor with my dad since I have not been there for like 7 years and tests came back and I had: low vitamin d, low b12, with hypothyroidism and well, I was checking for diabetes and my dad said there that I didn't have no thyroid problems since my mom has it and damn results came back I did, and I've been having really bad brain fog, fatigue, all the symptoms pretty much and my dad doesn't believe it I got my b12 back to normal.. he says the sun will help me when I fucking go out and do something for him since he brags all day and when I get done I have really bad leg cramps at night.. with really bad headache... and he has women coming over and I have to clean for myself and his sorry ass and I tell him that I can't even really do anything I mean I fucking lag like hell takes me 1hr to even do dishes since I'm tired all the time, he comes up with how I should be in the sun when it makes me more tired and I'm taking vitamin d pills anyways.. and b12 he tried to get me to take so I can clean for his sorry ass.. I know I should be loyal but I'm really tired he doesn't believe me and I even showed him the symptoms online and he still doesn't belive me says it isn't doctors..

And I'm one month behind of seeing a doctor since mine wanted me to see specialist which is may 3rd was april 12 but my brother was having a baby and he canceled it so I had to wait another fucking month to see doctor and my brother wife didn't even have it till apirl 16 and she had to have surgery not nature..

But the point is being how do I proof to my sorry dad that I'm tired all the time and symptoms are real? what should I tell my doctor to tell my dad? I have social issues, fatigue which makes me not wanna go out..

I am like 5 years behind on my education since My mom pulled me out and just gave up on me and left my dad now my life is screwed.. my dad keeps going mental saying if I don't do this/that he will throw away the dishes and all the other bullshit.

I even forget things all the time and takes me 5 mins or so to recall right when I have the shit in my hands about what I'm gonna do.. dad says it's me gaming or ignoring the issue.

How can I show him fucking proof from a professional? thanks..

I can't keep going like this and now I may have hyperparathroidism since I have too much calcium in

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my urine and it could cause kidney stones and the idiot canceled the apointment..

Sorry it's 1:50am I gotta clean up for another hooker of his so I just took a break and thought I ask..

• ANSWER:
  I suggest your dad read up on this: http://www.endocrineweb.com/hypo1.html

QUESTION:
I just had my routine physical and they found traces of blood in my urine and I'm terrified it may be cancer.?
Of course, the doctor told me it was most likely a kidney stone or an infection but when I asked her if it could be something serious, she suggested bladder cancer. It's supposedly uncommon in people under 40 but I'm turning 39 next month. The doctor told me that the one case she saw was an elderly woman experiencing fatigue and a host of other symptoms. Of course I was told not to 'go there' but I'm still scared to death.

• ANSWER:
  I was in your EXACT position last year. I was 39, had blood in my urine, cancer was mentioned after infections and stones were ruled out. Sent to urologist for cat scans, cystoscopy, etc...turns out it was just scarring on the lining of my bladder from a serious kidney infection 4 years ago. There could be so many simple explanations, I know you can't help but be consumed by the "C" word until you know for sure, so my advice is to see a urologist asap. Good luck!!

QUESTION:
Is there a doctor in the house?
so i just got health insurance and plan on using it whenever this stupid "no prior illness" crap goes through. HOWEVER. For around 7 or 8 months now, I have been feeling horrible. I have all the symptoms of a preganant woman with no pregnancy. Ive been tested for this. Although I have a friend who is pregnant and she doesnt have half the pain I do. I always wake up nauseous.. sometimes i go to bed nauseous, and sometimes im lightheaded... i get ridiculolus abdominal pains... to the point i cant even feel my period cramps anymore. And I used to go mental with pain from those! I could probably pass a damn kidney stone and not know the difference. I feel so tolerant of pain in my stomach that its mildly insane. Sometimes i get really depressed, and sometimes... i cant feel a single thing. it makes me sad later because it makes me wonder why i dont feel love for those i know i love. and why i cant smile at things that used to make me happy and why i cant cry when something horribly sad happens... its the most bizarre experience of my life. i dont understand whats wrong with me. is my headache connected to my stomach pains? am i light headed because of something scary and horrible? why is this happening to me? i mean, even my sense of lust leaves when the rest of my feelings do. and i miss that a lot!!! [sorry to be so open but i really need all the details for a good answer to come out of it!]

sometimes i think i should just get an entire ctscan and an mri and xrays and all just to make sure.. but all that is pretty expensive. im only 21 years old. i dont really have a career or even a job to pay for a wonderful thing like knowing im absolutely okay. having everything done and all that.

it would put my mind at such ease.

Now, i did suspect lactose intolerance, but i have been taking pills for that that a pharmicist insisted on me using. Im still sick ALL the time. are there other people who get these symptoms too?
ask to a real one? you want to pay for it? i dont.
thanks "is that so"!!

• ANSWER:
  Hi from France

  Not really on here !.. Ask to a REAL one so ...Sorry

  Have a nice day,

  Cat.

QUESTION:
7-yr-old with elevated ALP; LDH; calcium; and decreased creatinine; WBC; RBC; GRAN; HGB & HCT?
(I wrote the following 2 weeks ago, and have since gotten complete medical records for all 3 people. My 20YO daughter had the results listed in the question at age 7, when she began having severe abdominal pain, but her dr didn't talk them over with me or order more tests. She was tentatively diagnosed borderline pseudotumor cerebri in 2007 (age 17) and at that time had high APTT and low INR; she was diagnosed with gallstones 6 months later; she began having seizures 14 months after that and in one of the ER visits for those, she had critical high fibrin d-diber and low INR & PTT, and was evaluated for pulmonary thrombosis but nothing further. Her Blood pressure also all over the place over a 40-minute span, but ignored.
I'm confused. She has been sick again for about 3 years and started having seizures in July 2009; her sister has been sick since Sept. 2006; I have been sick since late 2002.)

Labs in past 4 years include: High sed rate, total protein, calcium, B12, beta globulin; low vit D; ANA sometimes positive and sometimes negative; and we all 3 have had consistently positive leukocyte esterase with negative nitrite and no urinary tract infection. These are from a 49yo woman and her 2 daughters (22 and 20). Same lab results, many of the same symptoms that started 2-3 years apart (some of which come and go in 3-6-month intervals) All 3 have: memory problems (how to do things recently learned, words in mid-sentence); balance problems (can't stand in the middle of a room without leaning on something for more than a couple of minutes); joint pain; bone and muscle pain and muscle weakness; severe hip pain upon standing; slight forward & back nodding from the chest up; 1-3-day episodes of severe pain in lower abdomen that radiates to the lower back and makes walking virtually impossible; blurred spots in vision; sensory anomalies inc. temporary loss of pain sensation, smell & taste way off; right foot loses sensation and makes us stumble after walking a block or two; extreme fatigue; sleep disturbances.
2 of us have: cardiac symptoms inc. dizziness and sweating with bowel movements and slight heart murmur; fat in bm; rainbow-color oil slick in urine.
One (not the same one for all symptoms) has: waking in the morning unable to grip the blankets to throw them off for 5 minutes or so; splinter hemorrhages under fingernails; one daughter has seizures consisting of arched back and rigid limbs, ability to blink in response to questions, a good 30-second warning before she seizes and feels wiped out for a while after each one.
Symptoms remained when girls went off to college; 52yo sister of the mom has many of the same symptoms and lives 2000 miles away; younger sister of mom has the abdominal pain and no other symptoms.

Tests said: no for Celiac, Lyme, toxoplasmosis, thyroid probs.; older daughter diagnosed 14 months ago with costochondritis with bulge in her side just under ribcage, but internal med doc said that was misdiagnosed; mom has had kidney stones; One of our biggest obstacles is the fact that we have no health insurance. Another is that several of the doctors here look at the relatively normal blood tests (and don't really investigate the more unusual stuff) and tell us we have fibromyalgia---really? with seizures and memory problems severe enough to get me fired?---or need a psych evaluation.

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QUESTION:
Please for any mothers who have had pregnancies when tubes were tied,read my story!!Need help!Going crazy!:S?
So,this is my low down of my recent story.I am a mother of a 12yr.old son and a 5 yr.old daughter.I had my tubes tied in Jan.2004, two months after my daughter's birth.I had my last period that started very weird for me.Two days prior, I spotted brownish color thinking okay,my period is coming but usually I start off red.(Sorry for detailing but this may help me)then my period commenced somewhat slowly on Aug.15th and lasted about 2 days.Then that Monday night the pain I was getting in my lower back was immense.I couldn't go into work the next day.I usually cramp and bloat like anyone else but the lower back pain was harsh.Once Tuesday was here of that week,when I was done my aunt flo,I mainly get one day of remaining left period (liner) and good to go.My periods lasts lately 3-4 days only but this was different.For 3-4 after I was done, I was spotting brown again but only when I wiped after I peed,nothing on my liner.Then all these things were happening to me incl.the lower back pain that hasn't gone away yet.I got pinching in the pelvic( lower area too) at times sharp like someones stabbed me.Then nausea kicked in,fatigue and light headiness at times.I have been napping every day as I was off work for a week by my doctor because of all the tests and symptoms I have been getting.I feel bloated most of the time,a few times constipated but nothing major.I had a few days of vomiting and sometimes I can hold back but feel queasy if I do.One day,it was 3 times and I have no flu either.I recently feel my breasts heavy and sensitive but not overly.Nipples tender somewhat to the touch too.I went for blood work,urine samples all with my own Family Doctor and because all came back for no infections,etc.She examined me and found my uterus,bladder area sensitive,keeping in mind,no kidney stones,appendicitis,U.T.I.(which I had once and know what that is! Ouchies!) and peeing at times more excessive than normal.The doctor even checked a bowel test,etc.EVERYTHING is OKAY.The ultrasound shown nothing at all and ovaries are fine too.They can't detect if tubes were still tied by the ultrasound to what she told me that they can't.She is stomped right now and I think the ultrasound was too early to determine if I am pregnant if that's the case.My next period is due around the 10-12th of Sept.I have usually a 26 day cycle.I am lost and confused beyond belief.I've heard stories about having tubes tied over a period of time can open the clamp.I did 3 HPT but negative and aware it may be too soon.My son took 5 weeks after my missed period after a false blood test too.My daughter was positive HPT the day after my missed period.I need some guidance and info. that anyone can possibly find for this situation regarding possible pregnancy after tubes been tied.I can't find a good websites anywhere about this.I know it's best I have to wait on if I miss my period but all my symptoms were sudden and point to this but scared too.My b.f. is pumped cause he's got no kids but my own if I am prego and sees all what I am going through and knows I am not myself.Can anyone help with this matter please. I am seriously stomped especially since all my tests were fine to rule out any infections,etc.My Dr. said if worsen that I can keep going to get more blood work,urine tests but it's getting silly.I think she was really baffled about this and told me obviously to avoid any alcohol and take tylenol for pain till this is resolved.I always missed my period for my first two kids and never felt this drained out and my b.f. brothers are twins too.Can this be a high probability as well??Please any advise would be helpful from any mothers or people you know may have similarities to what I am going through.One thing is for sure a woman knows her body and I am definitely not the same at all since then.Thanks!

• ANSWER:
  i am the product of a woman with tied tubes. so no its not effective.

  i would continue to test, because if you are pregnant, the longer you go without knowing the more at risk you are for the fetus to damage something. Not that you're worried about being fertile any more, but i hear an eptopic pregnancy can be quite painful.

  if you feel any really sharp pains i would go to the ER.

QUESTION:
Haunted house? No joke. Has anyone ever heard of this?
Lived here over four years. My wife and I are 62 and expect some physical problems, but were never seriously ill or had any serious problems before moving in. House is old, built 1892. Divided into 2 separate apartments at some point, probably the 70s. No lead paint or anything like that. I Live upstairs, full 2 bedroom apt. Not bad, clean. Family downstairs has been moved in a little before we did. Here's the problem. Everyone down there has become ill. Different things, serious back and joint problems with husband, psychotic episodes with wife. It's been one thing after another. They're young, 40, and nice people. The same type of stuff started occurring with wife and I two years ago. High blood pressure (230/120) for me when I finally checked it, high cholesterol. Several back pain. My wife started losing her vision and we found she had cataracts. Did the surgery and though her vision is good left eye still bothers her. She woke up one morning two years ago with sever pain in the shoulder. They did everything to her for months and nothing was found. She's never been overweight and has never used sugar or drank soft drinks. Eats a real healthy diet, but was diagnosed with diabetes and high cholesterol 2 weeks ago. The month before that I had to take her to emergency room for high heart beat (191) They fixed it with a special shot that re-regulates the heart. I developed kidney stones over the last several months, and three weeks ago woke up with a swollen knee. It's super painful and I can hardly walk, but I absolutely did not injure it. It was just there in the morning just as my wifes shoulder. Here's the point. A few months after we moved in I found myself looking at the stairway that leads down to the front door and thinking of a little girl. It sounds crazy but it seemed I could see or at least clearly imagine her. She's about eleven and sits at the bottom of the stairs. I think she does come up here but only at night. She didn't frighten me and until all this illness, that just keeps coming, I got no bad feelings. I mentioned to my neighbor and he said he was positive this place was haunted. Until last week I took none of it very seriously, however, my brother in law, who is a minister and who I haven't seen in ten years visited. He took one step in the door and looked at me and said, "Do you know this place is haunted?" He is a very honest and down to earth man. I answered I did and we didn't discuss beyond me saying I didn't feel it was anything bad. Strangely the woman who lived here before us died shortly after moving, as did the woman who lived downstairs before the current neighbors moved in. One other thing that was odd was my best friend visited one day two years ago. We had coffee and at some point he said he wasn't feeling well. He ended up in the hospital that night with a heartbeat of over two hundred and the same symptoms my wife subsequently suffered. My question is can places be bad? Has anyone ever heard of something like this associated with a house, or is this just my imagination from all these problems. I would appreciate any sincere comments. Thanks
Thanks to everyone for the thoughtful answers. It seems more and more obvious that there is little to lose in moving from here and possibly much to gain. Thank you again.

• ANSWER:
  Yes, places can be bad. You need to get out of there. Others will advise attempting to exorcise the place or tell you that it's your imagination. I think it should be pretty clear to you by now that the latter is not a rational judgment. This does not sound to me like it's something you can easily banish from the house.

  I really think you should move.

  You can try protecting yourself for now: Get some holy water. Put a stripe or the shape of a cross with the water on each other's foreheads every day, also the same on palms and backs of the hands and center of the chest. Paint stripes of it diagonally across your doors and/or the door frames, both the main door and the interior room-to-room doorways.

  Once again, I really think you should move. This is not a trivial kind of problem. You're clearly risking your health and your wife's health. It's worth the expense. Get out of there.

QUESTION:
Midwife has said 9 weeks pregnant is too soon?
to be needing to wee more??

I had my booking in appointment today and because I have had kidney stones in the past she wants me to be checked by a consultant.. I am more than happy with this, although another of her reasons for doing this is because I am going to the loo more often and getting up in the night for the loo....

Bit confused now because I thought this was a pretty early symtom of being pregnant, loads of woman on here say it and it is in most books that it is (personally Ive been like it for weeks and have had no other symptoms of a urinary tract infection)...

What do you guys think?
She has no other reason to think that I may have kidney stones - the last time was years and years ago. I said but weeing more is an early sign of pregnancy isnt it and she said - not really, a bit early at 9 weeks?? My first experience of my midwife and she completely befuddles me!

Im not worried that I have a stone - I dont mind being monitored during my pregnancy cos I would hate to have one now - but if she thinks me weeing is a sign that I have a Urinary infection rather than normal pregnancy symptom - its a tad weird?? Anyway - they have urine samples to test now...

Just wanted confirmation I am not the only one weeing more!!!

• ANSWER:
  No she's wrong, hormones cause You to urinate more frequently as well as the uterus expanding and being below the pelvic bone therefore resting on your bladder.

  She should do a urine test as well as get it cultured to rule out infection though.

  Midwifes can be useless and get their facts wrong, for example, i had an appointment at 18 weeks and told her where i was getting most of the movements from the baby, she told me "n that's impossible your fundal height is way below your belly button at 18 weeks"

  Well she didn't even check where my fundal height was and my mother who's a RN of 33 years, checked and my fundal height is actually 2 inches above my belly button.

  I was say your frequent urination is to do with pregnancy and should ease up soon and come back again when the baby is bigger.

  xx

QUESTION:
I need verification from someone who knows about diabetes and kidney failure...?
So this is for a story that I'm writing. I want to make sure that all of my facts are right, here. I know absolutely nothing about medicine or medical terminology. I've tried to research some stuff that would fit with my storyline, and I've got a little bit, but I would love confirmation that what I've got is right. And I know that there are some serious gaps that need to be filled in to make it correct.

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One of my characters (a woman in her early 40's) has diabetes. She may have experienced some of the symptoms but it overall unaware of her condition.
She faints and is unconscious for an unusual amount of time. She is taken to the hospital where she is informed that she has kidney failure, a complication from her diabetes.
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Alright, that's all I've got. What I need to know is if this is plausible. Also, if there's anything else that you can tell me about specifics that will add authenticity to the story, that would be great. (ie symptoms, treatments, etc.)

AND at the moment, I am planning on killing her off because of the kidney failure. I need to know how long it would take and how it would occur as well as the treatments she would undergo, the type of costs attached, and the decisions that she would need to make concerning such treatments.

Her death, however, is not set in stone so I would also like to be aware of the chances of death and the following treatment and rehabilitation process if she were to survive.

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Thanks a ton!
~AnA~

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QUESTION:
few questions,menstrual has skip 3 months/PCOS?
few questions, can PCOS make a urine pregnancy test negative? considering PCOS is to do with hormone imbalance, and at home preg test is also.
will repeatedly missing period make a non pregnant, healthy woman sick?
and finally what are medical problems that could cause period screw up, beyond pcos?
Its not stress, its not my diet, no weight change, otherwise normal and healthy. and no i'm not psychologically affecting my af.

please dont post long articles from goggle on pcos. i've already done my research on it. just my questions above is what i dont understand on the issue.

((additional details-- husband and i have been using (very precisely, medical) birth control for last 5 years. has worked so far but method isn't guaranteed 100%. my AF (aunt flo) has always been at end of month. last year husband went into hospital-icu during AF, af stopped immediately due to the stress, restarted 2 months later when he recovered, but was now coming at first of month. has been first of month ever since. 3 months ago i passed a kidney stone 2 days after af started. after pass the stone af stopped, which i understand. my AF is sensitive like that, obviously. but it always restarted as normal in the distant past, no matter what. last month it skipped 2 weeks and only came for 3 days. we thought i was pregnant b/c was having several other symptoms as well. 2 pregnancy test, at home urine, both negative. now this month, again going on couple weeks late. no sign of af, couple cramps for 2 days, no spotting, no nothing. don't want to waste money on more preg test just yet. we've recently begun speculating i might have PCOS, that gyn began noticing 2 years ago but didnt consider serious as af was normal then. from my own research i know pcos screws up period, but does this new "schedule" of mine sound at all normal, even for pcos?))

edit: and i'm going to gyno again very soon for these reasons. just appreciate others opinions on it.

• ANSWER:
  No PCOS cannot make a pregnancy test negative. No, missing your period won't make you sick. I haven't had my period in 6 months and my doctor said it is fine until I want to have kids, then I would just have to take some medication. You're lucky that your PCOS hasn't affected you drastically.

QUESTION:
Be serious, gohnorrea or bladder inf?
Hi, this is a strange question but, I have always had severe bladder inf since i was little. I couldn't take bubble baths and things bc of it. And I always get kidney inf. I had a stone once. In my kidneys. Recently I heard a commercial giving symptom of gohnorrea. I never thought I would b able to have it bc i lost my virginity to my husband 5 yrs sgo. I was 15 hhe is the only person I've ever had any form of sex with, and we both get tested about every 6 months. Me more than him bc I get regular papsmears. Anyways I currently have a bladder inf that still isn't gone and it said that some women mistake it for bladder inf, and I'm having spotting and discharge but I just recently got mirena. So, Idk. My Dr said the side pain I was having was bc of my bladder inf but it didn't show pos for bladder inf til he sent it to the hospital. Then it was pos for severe bladder inf and I have the kidney pain. Etc. Thanks for ur opinion. If it helps I'm 19 in aug my husband will b 24 in Dec nd I we have a 6 mo. Old son. Also he was with other girls before me like 6 yrs ago. Thanks pls b mature. I hope I'm just freaking for nothing!

• ANSWER:
  Sounds more like a bladder infection. Its more easier to diagnose gon in a man as he will have his undies full of the discharge. since ur husband ain't complaining of that sounds unlikely.

  In addition you say uve been having recurrent infections before you lost your virginity. It may be possible that you could be having Vesico-urethral reflux disease that is predisposing you to bladder.

  Things u should discuss with your doctor-
  Whether you should go on prophylactic antibiotics to prevent another antibiotic
  To exclude diabetes
  To do a scope

  Other things: urinate post coitus also drink lots of cranberry juice which is said to acidity urine making growth of bacteria more difficult.