Based on a clinical evaluation, your doctor may recommend a nuclear medicine complete renal ( kidney ) function study to further evaluate your renal function.

Based on a clinical evaluation, your doctor may recommend a nuclear medicine renal ( kidney ) parenchymal scan to confirm a suspected kidney disorder.

Please avoid contact with babies and pregnant women the day you receive the low dose radioactive isotope injection.

Urinary calculi are a very common disease that has already endangered humans since ancient times. The earliest evidence was bladder stones in the body of the 7000 years ago. Up to now, the disease has not decreased due to the development of civilization, but has gradually increased.

Foods to Avoid: Kiwi fruit, pineapple, grapefruit, pomelo (other citrus fruits may be consumed in small amounts but must be separated from immunosuppressant intake by at least 2 hours), papaya, shiitake mushrooms, white fungus, black fungus, red dates, royal jelly, soy milk, soy isoflavones, miso, curry, onion, mulberries, aloe vera, ginger, Hypericum perforatum (St. John’s Wort), and raw fish. Rationale: These foods may interfere with the efficacy of immunosuppressive agents.

Dizziness, nausea, and fatigue might occur after the procedure due to the use of anesthetic. Start taking sips of water in an hour after the procedure and eat step by step if vomit does not occur. Please see your doctor if the symptoms do not improve.

Soak traditional Chinese medicine in cold water for 30 minutes. Amount of water: Covering the traditional Chinese medicine.

In clinic, patient with kidney disease had some syndromes according the theory of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Different syndromes had different type of food taboos.

Percutaneous nephrostomy ( PCN ) is an interventional procedure used mainly in the decompression of the renal collecting system by insertion of a percutaneous nephrostomy catheter.

IVP can show the size, shape, position of the kidneys, the bladder, the ureters, and it can demonstrate the obstructive abnormalities including stones, tumors, and congenital urinary tract obstruction.