Recently, a man in Zhengzhou, Henan Province accidentally discovered that he had three kidneys while being checked for kidney stones in the hospital.
How can one person grow three kidneys? Does the extra kidney need to be removed? Related issues sparked heated discussions among netizens.
On February 25, the reporter interviewed Jing Zhian, director of the Department of Urology of Zhengzhou First People’s Hospital.
Jing Zhi’an introduced that this kind of condition called “three kidneys” is medically known as the duplicate kidney, “this is a kind of It is a more common disease, and some patients have four kidneys, that is, bilateral duplication kidneys.”
The incidence of duplication kidneys is 0.4% to 7%, and usually more women than men , more on the left than on the right. The cause of duplication kidney is congenital. When a person is developing, the ureter will grow earlier than the kidney. Sometimes, the ureter develops prematurely and branches, resulting in two kidneys.
For patients with duplication kidney, regular physical examination should be done. Seek immediate medical attention if any abnormality is found.
So, should the extra kidney be removed?
Jing Zhian said that under normal circumstances, it is not necessary to remove it, but if the overgrown kidney causes the other kidney to accumulate water, become infected, atrophy, and lose its function, it will appear. The kidney in question is removed. That is to say, as long as it does not cause harm to the body, it is generally not necessary to remove it.
Because the duplication of kidney is a congenital disease and it will be inherited, Jing security reminds that for children, whether boys or girls, if parents find that their children are leaking urine, they must go to the hospital in time to check and rule out In the case of duplication of kidney and ureter, surgery is required in severe cases.
Source: Hangzhou Traffic 918
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