angelarogers
02-04-2011, 12:26 AM
Hi
My 8 year old daughter has had many stones and procedures over the last 7 years.
During the last two months she has had to have two ultrasounds done. Both times have showed many many small stones in her left kidney. She has also been passing small stones on an almost daily basis.
This week (today being friday) she has been in constant severe pain since monday morning, which does ease a litlle from time to time but never goes. She was admitted to the local hospital where she was seen by pediatricians (no kidney specialists) and had the 2nd ultrasound mentioned above. Obstruction and Infection were ruled out and she was sent home with a "its the nature of the disease" explanation.
The ultrasound showed that the healthy right kidney is measuring at 9 1/2 cm but the left where all the stones are is just 6 1/2 cm. The consultant radiographer who scanned her also said that the kidney just didn't look happy and that the cortex;s??? (Collecting chambers) all looked to have shrunk.
Her last DMSA to test function was about 3 years ago and showed the left kidney was only functioning at 22%. She has had loads of problems since then including surgery and severe hydronephrosis.
What I am wondering is why is there all of a sudden so many stones and why all the pain . . could it be a sign that the left kidney is starting to give up?? Or could there be another reason that the left kidney has gone into hyper stone production?
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My 8 year old daughter has had many stones and procedures over the last 7 years.
During the last two months she has had to have two ultrasounds done. Both times have showed many many small stones in her left kidney. She has also been passing small stones on an almost daily basis.
This week (today being friday) she has been in constant severe pain since monday morning, which does ease a litlle from time to time but never goes. She was admitted to the local hospital where she was seen by pediatricians (no kidney specialists) and had the 2nd ultrasound mentioned above. Obstruction and Infection were ruled out and she was sent home with a "its the nature of the disease" explanation.
The ultrasound showed that the healthy right kidney is measuring at 9 1/2 cm but the left where all the stones are is just 6 1/2 cm. The consultant radiographer who scanned her also said that the kidney just didn't look happy and that the cortex;s??? (Collecting chambers) all looked to have shrunk.
Her last DMSA to test function was about 3 years ago and showed the left kidney was only functioning at 22%. She has had loads of problems since then including surgery and severe hydronephrosis.
What I am wondering is why is there all of a sudden so many stones and why all the pain . . could it be a sign that the left kidney is starting to give up?? Or could there be another reason that the left kidney has gone into hyper stone production?
I understand and acknowledge that any response to this posting is provided for educational and informational purposes only, and is not intended to be a substitute for a health care provider's consultation. Furthermore, I understand and acknowledge that reliance on any information provided by the responding authors is solely at my own risk, and acknowledge that none of the individual contributors and responding authors can take any responsibility for the results or consequences of any attempt to use or adopt any of the information presented in response to my posting.