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What Women Need to Know About Kidney Stones

Find out more about these tiny but painful stones

Tiffany Reid

I Spent 40 Years Looking For Answers to My Pain. I Didn’t Know I Had a Rare Genetic Disorder.

Through genetic testing, I learned I had primary hyperoxaluria, or PH, a rare condition that caused my kidneys and liver to fail

Tiffany Reid

Pasé 40 años buscando una explicación para mi dolor. No sabía que tenía un trastorno genético infrecuente.

Mediante pruebas genéticas, me enteré que tenía hiperoxaluria primaria o HP, un trastorno infrecuente que me causó insuficiencia renal

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Treating Primary Hyperoxaluria

This rare disorder causes kidney stones and possibly kidney damage. Find out more about your treatment options.

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Tratamiento de la hiperoxaluria primaria

Este trastorno infrecuente produce cálculos renales y posiblemente lesiones renales. Obtén más información sobre tus opciones terapéuticas.

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What Is Primary Hyperoxaluria?

Primary hyperoxaluria is a group of rare genetic disorders — and frequent kidney stones may be the first sign. Learn more about PH.

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¿Qué es la hiperoxaluria primaria?

Cálculos renales podrían ser una señal de un trastorno infrecuente denominado hiperoxaluria primaria. Obtén información sobre este grupo de trastornos hereditarios.

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Living with Primary Hyperoxaluria

There’s no cure for primary hyperoxaluria, but early treatment can help slow down the progression to kidney disease

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Vivir con hiperoxaluria primaria

No hay cura para la hiperoxaluria primaria, pero un tratamiento temprano puede ser útil para desacelerar el progreso a una enfermedad renal

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Treatment and Management of Primary Hyperoxaluria

Early treatment of primary hyperoxaluria may reduce kidney stones and slow damage

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Tratamiento y control de la hiperoxaluria primaria

Un tratamiento temprano de la hiperoxaluria primaria podría reducir los cálculos renales y frenar las lesiones

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10 Reasons You Might Have Blood in Your Urine

Learn what causes blood in urine, and what you should do if it happens to you

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10 razones por las cuales podrías tener sangre en la orina

Conoce qué causa que haya sangre en la orina y lo que deberías hacer si eso ocurre

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Are You at Risk for Iron Deficiency Anemia?

About 17% of women in the U.S. are affected by iron deficiency anemia. Could you be one of them?

Alphonso Harried

Kidney Experts Say It’s Time to Remove Race From Medical Algorithms. Doing so Is Complicated.

Black patients make up more than 35% of people on dialysis but just 13% of the U.S. population

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Congress: Keep the REMS Safety Program Intact

Congress should pause and not pass the current CREATES legislation now under consideration. Phyllis Greenberger unravels the complexities behind this important patient safety debate.