Dr. Michael Swartzon, Primary Care Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physician with Miami Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute, explains a urine color chart and says if your urine is syrup or brown ale and it doesn’t change quickly, you need to …
“Urinalysis (UA) is a test that gives a lot of different information about urine, says Dr. Daniel Martinez, Urologist with Baptist Health South Florida.
The doctor says this test can reveal if the patient has blood in their urine, whether …
What is the purpose of an alkaline diet? Carla Duenas, Registered Dietitian with Baptist Health South Florida, talks about this type of diet and the belief that most diseases arise from an acidic environment.…
With a digital imaging, Dr. Daniel Martinez, Urologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains what kidney stones are.
Stone is a calcification which is created in the kidney. Stones can measure one millimeter to 10 millimeters, the expert explains.
He …
Dr. Christian Suarez, Nephrologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains patients can be candidates for kidney transplant when the kidneys are working less than 20% or the glomerular filtration rate is less than 20%.
However, not every patient that has …
There are several symptoms of kidney stones: pain in side and back, pain that radiates to lower abdomen and grain, pain when urinating, pink, red or brown urine, cloudy or foul-smelling urine, nausea and vomiting, urination more than normal and …
Dr. Juan Kusnir, Nephrologist with Baptist Health South Florida, explains with a digital imaging, how the CKD (Chronic kidney disease) happens.
He says the key is the early diagnosis of diabetes or high blood pressure for avoiding the progression of …
Urinating too frequently or not urinating enough, especially in elderly males, are symptoms of issues with the prostate, says Dr. Samantha Taghva, Internal Medicine Physician with Baptist Health South Florida.
Those are two of the most common symptoms of kidney …
