How rare is it that someone is born with a horseshoe shaped kidney? Wouldnt Drs.notice this at birth?
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it is really rare, but usually the doctors will detect at birth, because as they are doing the APGAR they usually do an abdominal examination, and it will feel like a papable mass. This condtion can usually occur with undescended testes, so if they are looking they will find that to in the abdomen
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It's a condition called "spina bifida" and it varies in severity.  Some people born with this defect go on to live fairly normal lives while others are profoundly disabled.  The doc who said it's nothing to worry about was probably correct, but there's nothing wrong with getting a second opinion.  The opening might possibly be a portal for infection, but most physicians are familiar enough with the condition that they can be accurate in their estimate of the level of such a risk.  If the parents do choose to have further studies done, they should be aware that MRI is expensive, and depending on circumstances, their insurance carrier may decline the cost.  Best bet - have a second pediatrician examine the child and ask him/her to confirm or contest the first doctor's prognosis.  Don't forget, all of us have an odd little hole in our persons that, in rare instances, can be a problem.  It's called the bellybutton.  I suspect the condition in the child in question is no more serious than is your own bellybutton.
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Well, gallstones are relatively unusual in children and unborn babies,but have been noted in the following conditions:\n1.neonatal cholestasis- caused by sepsis (infection), hypoxia (usually in mothers who smoke or have lung conditions like asthma),or poor maternal nutrition,or mothers with high cholesterol levels.\n2.hereditary spherocytosis/sickle cell disease\nThese are both inherited blood disorders\n3.Problems with enterohepatic (liver)  circulation\nSometimes,even in the absence of these,some unborn children have gallstones.\nlt is not life-threatening.Elective  C-section at 39 weeks is okay.\nUltrasound can be used to break up the stones without surgrey after birth,thank God!\nWish you a safe delivery!
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I myself have them, the docter told me that only one in every 500,000 babies have it, usually on one foot, and it's usually on the boy gender.  I am a girl with both feet webed.  It just makes us unique.
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How, why, how long, any other abnormalities, any other family members abnormal, what age....???\n\nNo one can possibly comment or reasonably respond to your question when you give no information.  \n\nYou need to spend another 5 points and really give people something to go on if you expect a helpful answer.
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Human parthenogenesis has never been recorded for certain.  But, then again, chances are, if it has happened, nobody would notice.  Only recently has genetic testing been available to test it, I keep expecting an example to turn up eventually.
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He is still unborn? Then yes, they will look small on the sonogram, don't freak out. It will get bigger after he is born, and more as he gets older and hit puberty.
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You'd better hope you don't get a baby with deformaties. shame on you asking such a shallow question.
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Is there anybody else in the family that could be a match? That's always a good place to look first. You have my prayers too hun. Try to find friends who may be a match too. Keep searching dear, you're right, God has a plan for you, and believe it's a new kidney. Good luck on your search
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To answer this question, you will need to consult with your doctor.  A radiologist will have to review the CT scan with you doctor in order to determine the significance of the irregular density in the lower poles of your kidneys. You may require an additional CT scan with contrast or and MRI with contrast to determine what these densities are.\n\nA 'renal scan' will not be helpful in this case.  This is a 'functional' test and measures the ability of the kidneys to excrete (pass) a nuclear 'dye'.  It can be used to compare function between your kidney and is often used as a test to help determine a condition where there is decreased blood flow to one of the kidneys (a condition called renal artery stenosis).\n\nIt is important to make sure that these densities are a normal variant and not something that you have to worry about (for example kidney cancer).  Given that they are in the same location and on both sides I would think that this is highly unlikely, but this is always important to determine.  Suggested further testing, if needed, is usually part of a CT report, but I would make sure that these densities are benign.\n\nUnfortunately, you are complaining of pain.  Irregular densities, solitary cysts, and even cancers rarely cause pain.  Medical testing is designed to eliminate (rule out) causes of diseases that are harmful and usually does a good job of this.  However, the absence of any findings on the CT  to explain the pain you are experiencing does not mean that the cause of the pain can't be determined or that the pain can't be treated.  There are many causes of back pain/kidney pain that are not picked up by a CT.\n\nPlease follow up with your doctor and make sure he or she is answering your questions.  Best of luck.
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Urinary tract anomalies form a long and exhaustive list. Congenital anomalies of urinary tract are often the underlying causes of pathologies. According to Guiterrez, 40% of pathological conditions of the urinary system are due to these variations. Variations may be in the number, position, shape and size or in rotation of kidney(s), calyces, ureter(s) or bladder. Usually these anomalies are associated with anomalies of vertebral column, lower gastrointestinal tract, genital tract or spinal cord and meninges. \n\nIncomplete rotation is a congenital anomaly( you were born with it)
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Im a guy, but i had a hiatal hernia, and my doc(who is a friend and has a pretty good sense of humor) informed me that giving birth to a baby of any size can cause one. I, of coarse, let him know i had never given birth:)
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It isn't any more painful for males than women... speaking as a woman who has had them twice.  I've also had four kids and would choose having another kid over a kidney stone any day.  There is no timeframe for passing stones. They either pass or they don't, and they take their own sweet time.  The first one I had was a couple weeks of severe pain and peeing blood.  The second was off and on pain for a month and peeing blood.  I had to have lithotrypsy done that time because the size of the stone was comparative to a marble and it wouldn't have passed.  Make sure you see a urologist if you suspect a stone. If it gets lodged in the urethra and doesn't allow urine to pass then it can damage your kidney.
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It's not an issue of how the baby was born.  It is up to the individual if they want to give up a kidney to save a life.  Doing so though puts that person's life at risk and they could have complications later.\n\nI could never ask anyone I love to donate their organs; it would be unfair.
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1/3,000 births.\n\nMore common in males. \n\nIncreased incidence if parent has unilateral renal agenesis.
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the term is called a hermaphrodite they have other terms for it as well, and i don't think people are going to answer yes, that is a personal Q for them and some don't even know because there parents put them through surgery when they were born, And no I'm not one i just watch a lot of the learning channel and history channel some will only have a half of an ovary and the whole male reproductive and others have only have of the male reproductive and a whole ovary
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I am glad that you asked this question.\n\nThe answer is yes it does happen, but not that common.  The condition is called cryptorchism (hidden testicle).  It can be very serious later into boyhood.  Normally seen at birth.  Nothing is usually done about it because sometimes the testicle will descend on its own.  If it does not by say age 12, then surgery is performed.  Surgery is needed because the undescended testicle can become cancerous and the boy will not go through puberty.\n\nI hope this satisfies your curiosity.