THORAX ABDOMEN AND PELVIS

MEDICAL

URINARY BLADDER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A specialist in diagnosing and treating diseases and disorders of the kidneys is a/an?
A
Gynecologist
B
Proctologist
C
Urologist
D
Nephrologist
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nephrologists are medical doctors who specialize in the care of kidneys. Your nephrologist can examine you, order blood and urine tests, make a diagnosis and treat your condition with medication or a procedure. Your primary care physician may refer you to a nephrologist.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nephrology and Urology deal with kidneys and its problem. A nephrologist deals with problems of the kidney with medicines and a urologist deals with kidney ailments that require surgery. Any ailments in the urinary system, prostate, bladder and penis which require surgical intervention are tended to by a urologist.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term “nephrology” was first used in about 1960, according to the French “néphrologie” proposed by Pr. Jean Hamburger in 1953, from the Greek / nephrós (kidney). Before then, the specialty was usually referred to as “kidney medicine".

Detailed explanation-4: -Sometimes called renal medicine, nephrology is a specialty within the internal medicine field related to kidney care.

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