Recently, a man in Zhengzhou 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, a reporter from Dahe Daily Henan video interviewed Jing Zhian, director of the Department of Urology of Zhengzhou First People’s Hospital.
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Jing Zhi’an introduced that the so-called “three kidneys” situation is medically called duplication kidney, “This is a relatively common disease, and some patients have four kidneys, and It’s a double-sided kidney.”
The incidence of duplication kidney is 0.4%~7%. Usually, there are more women than men, and more left than 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 repeat kidney patients, regular physical examinations 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 the kidney, but if the overgrown kidney causes the other kidney to accumulate water, become infected, shrink or lose its function, the kidney with the problem should be removed. That is to say, as long as it does not cause harm to the body, it is generally not necessary to remove it. Since the duplication of kidney is a congenital disease and can be inherited, Jing Zhian reminds that for children, whether boys or girls, if parents find that their children are leaking urine, they must go to the hospital to see them in time to rule out the duplication of kidneys and ureters. , in severe cases require surgery.
(Dahe News·Yu Video)