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Movable Kidney and Other Displacements and Malformations
Movable Kidney and Other Displacements and Malformations Author:David Newman General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: Longmans, Green Subjects: Kidneys Medical / Nephrology Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free tria... more »l access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: Chapter IV. PROGRESS AND SYMPTOMS. The progress and symptoms of movable kidney may now be considered. In many instances the progress is very slow, and often, indeed, the left kidney may be for a long time freely movable without giving rise to any symptoms directly referable to it. But when the organ on the right side is affected, generally, even in the mildest cases, the gastro-intestinal functions become more or less disturbed. The patient suffers from loss of appetite, flatulence, occasional sickness, vague pains in the abdomen, giddiness, faintness and languor, and is fatigued by the slightest exertion. The skin of the face in many cases becomes pale and soft, and the voice feeble. For a considerable time these may be the only symptoms, but the medical attendant finds that the patient does not respond to treatment even when carefully considered and diligently carried out. As time goes on the doctor becomes tired of the patient, and the patient dissatisfied with the doctor. She finds that rest in bed gives her relief. She seeks as much repose as possible; ere long, by her relations, and . in many instances by her medical attendant also, her sufferings come to be regarded to a large extent as imaginary, and she is looked upon as a hypochondriac. Her sufferings may go on for years without the true cause being discovered, unless her medical attendant makes an abdominal examination. It is in theseslowly progressive cases that the nature of the malady is most likely to be overlooked. In women between 20 and 35 years of age the ...« less