Best Urology Hospital in Bellandur, Bangalore

They’re usually just a few millimeters in size, but yes they can be oh-so-painful. Yes, we are talking about two different stones, gallbladder stones (or gallstones) and kidney stones. Both the stone is formed in different organs of our body, but they are similar in many ways. Since the sign and symptoms are the same for both Gallstones and Kidney stones many get confused and it’s a matter of fact that we think both are the same. The occurrence of kidney stone is more known among us then Gallstone, its means that the awareness about the kidney stone is more than Gallstones. We will try to understand the difference between gallstone and kidney stones, with help from,   Dr. Girish Nelivigi , General Surgery, Urology , and Andrology. So let us try to understand the difference between the two: 1.      Kidney stones are made of calcium and other minerals that crystallize in the kidney whereas Gallstones are more of a solid lump than stone a...

We all know (in fact in this IT era and with nonstop information bombardment, the knowledge difference between doctors and the non-medical public has narrowed significantly!) that Coronavirus is a respiratory virus. It is spread from person to person by three means. 1)    Droplets: Whenever a person coughs or sneezes, he releases thousands of droplets containing viruses and these droplets can get into the nose or mouth of a person in front of him. 2)    Fomites: These droplets which are carried by sneeze and cough fall on the floor, tables, and chairs or on the surface of any object. The viruses can survive for many hours on these surfaces and whenever someone touches these objects and then touches his face he can get infected. 3)    Aerosols: There is new evidence that these viruses are transmitted into the air by the very act of speaking even without cough or sneeze. Therefore we are at risk even by being in front of a person while he is ...

Most of the times there is no identifiable reason for the onset of pain. When a urologist examines the patient, he will find that there is a pain in the upper portion of the testis. If further confirmation is needed, then an ultrasound of the testis can be done which confirms it. There are no other investigations that will help in making the diagnosis. The cause is usually a bacterial infection which is localized to the testis or epididymis. The treatment is by a course of antibiotics and pain killers. Most of the time, this will solve the problem even though in some people there could be recurrence after a few weeks or months. Other causes for pain in the testis are less common. They include torsion testis in which there is severe sudden pain in the testis. It commonly occurs in children and adolescents. This is a surgical emergency that needs urgent diagnosis and treatment. Fortunately, this is far less common than epididymo-orchitis. Varicocele is another condi...