Hydronephrosis

Hydronephrosis is a condition where the kidneys get swollen or stretched. This condition gets triggered off by a development of pressure when the urine cannot be drained out of the kidney.
This development of pressure of the urine is generally due to a blockage in the customary flow of urine out of the kidneys, down to the urine tubes that is the uerters, to the bladder. The blockage could be anywhere between the bladder and the kidney, but most commonly it is in the region which is the wide urine collecting system of a single kidney that is known as the renal pelvis and connects to the thin tube of the uerters.
Rarely, Hydronephrosis can happen due to urine flowing back from the bladder instead of flowing into the bladder, back to the kidneys. This occurs when the valve in the bladder that generally averts this is called a backwash is clogged or detoriated.
This phenomenon can occur in people of all ages, which even includes babies in the womb, this condition can be distinguished in the regular pregnancy ultrasound scan done for pregnant ladies.
Among every three hundred people 1 has a single kidney suffering from Hydronephrosis, and about one in about six hundred people suffer this condition in both the kidneys.

Symptoms

Hydronephrosis generally builds up in a few hours when a blockage shapes up suddenly, for example from a kidney stone. This condition could also take a period of a few months or weeks to build up, that is if the blockage is cause of somewhat alike of a gradual developing tumour.
The complexity of the indications depends on the degree of the impasse and the extent to what the kidney has stretched. The kind of indications you get will depend on the time period the urine flow stays clogged and also on the place of the impasse.
If the impasse starts faster this is known as acute Hydronephrosis, you would generally feel a severe ache what is called a renal colic in the sides or the back of the hips or ribs. This pain would normally be on the side of the kidney which suffers with this condition, and if both the kidneys suffer from Hydronephrosis then there would be pain on both the sides.
The various other indications would be fever, nausea feeling, inflammation in the abdomen, vomiting, painful sensation while passing urine, and the necessity of going to the toilet more as compared to usual.
A fractional impasse of the general urine flow may even lower the tempo you would be able to pass urine when you would go to the toilet. On the other hand, if the urethra or both the uerters of the kidneys are clogged, there are chances that the person would not be able to urinate totally.
On the other hand, the Hydronephrosis which occurs due to slow developing impasse would have the similar indications as the acute Hydronephrosis, in this condition there could be no signs altogether or there might be slight, hurting ache on the sides of the kidneys, which would not be constant but would come and go.