Urinary System Disorders Menu
Anatomy/Physiology
Effects on Urinary Tract
- Bladder Tonic
- Diuretic
- Herbs for Urinary Pain
- Remedial Plants for Urogenital System
- Beneficial Effects of Herbs on the Kidneys
- Kidney trophorestorative
- Tone Urinary Qi, Harmonize Urination
- Urinary Antiseptics
- Urinary Demulcents
Urinalysis
Bladder Disorders
Bladder anatomy
Circulate Bladder Qi, Harmonize Urination, Relieve Pain
Diagnostics:
- Cystoscopy examines the lining of your bladder and the tube that carries urine out of your body (urethra)
- Bladder Ultrasonography
Disorders:
- Bladder Cancer
- Bladder Infection in Women
- Bladder Outlet Obstruction
- Bladder Pain
- Bladder Spasm
- Hemorrhagic Cystitis arises from anticancer chemotherapy or radiotherapy for pelvic malignancies, there has been a case from an herbal mixture
- Male Urinary Incontinence
- Nocturia frequent urination at night
- Underactive Bladder
- Urinary(bladder) Infection
- Urolithiasis (formation of stones in bladder or kidney)
- Interstitial Cystitis
Kidney / Renal Disorders / Nephrology
Anatomy/Physiology of Kidney
Dialysis
Nephrectomy surgical removal
Kidney Transplant
Herbs for Kidney
Diagnostics
- BUN - Blood Urea Nitrogen Test
- Creatinine Blood Test
- Lindsay's nails (marker for chronic kidney disease)
- Renal Disease, Skin Manifestations
- Signs of Kidney Problems
- Urine Tests
TCM Kidney Syndromes
Causes of Kidney Damage
Renal Disorders:
CKD - Chronic Kidney Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease in Children
- Chronic Kidney Disease - Mineral and Bone Disorder
- Chronic Kidney / Renal Failure (CKD)
- CKD & Hair, Nail Changes
- Lindsay's nails (marker for chronic kidney disease)
- Terry's Nails (marker for CKD)
- Acquired perforating dermatosis (APD) (a skin sign)
- End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD)
Fanconi Syndrome - a generalized tubular disorder that leads to multiple transport abnormalities, including increased urinary loss of several organic substrates
Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (MPGN)
Nephrotic & Nephritic Syndromes
Early Childhood Membranous Nephropathy
IgA Nephropathy (Berger disease)
Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN)
Pyelonephritis (Kidney Infection)
Pyelitis inflammatory changes in the lining of the renal pelvis.
- PKD - Polycystic kidney disease the most common inherited form of kidney disease and the 4th leading cause of patients ending up on dialysis.
- Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (ADPKD)
Renal Tubular Acidosis (RTA) kidneys fail to excrete acids into the urine, which causes a person's blood to remain too acidic.
Tubulointerstitial Diseases
May result from metabolic disturbances and exposure to toxins.
Tubulointerstitial renal fibrosis
Lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS)
Urogenital Infections
Urination Disorders
Urinary Incontinence
Urinary Tract (UTI) infections / Cystitis
- Urethritis lnflammation of the urethra. The most common symptom is painful or difficult urination.
- Urethral Stricture a narrowing of the urethra caused by injury, instrumentation, infection and certain non-infectious forms of urethritis