Suggest treatment for shrinkage of kidney on an ultrasound
Patient: My father is 72 years old and suffering from hypothyroid and high BP. Recenlty, his bp increased abnormaly and admmited to admitted to hospital for bp. The doctor has advised whole abdomen sonography. The sonogrophy reportreveals that right kidney is normal but left kidney is reduced in size & shows ill defined outlines with hyperechoiccortex & diffuse cortical thinning. It measures about 79x34x31 mm and shows loss of corti comedullary diffe-rentiation type II. The renal parenchymal echogenicity is equal to that of the central echo complex -Grade III.Please suggest the treatment.Mithilesh sinhaJabalpur Doctor: mr sinha ..your father has renal parenchymal disease ..or chronic kidney disease ..it may be the result of long standing high bp ..what are reports of blood urea serum creatinine s uric acid ...the treatment is directed at underlying blood pressure or diabetes or associated edema of patient ..please see a medical specialist at Jabalpur...he will guide you after taking all things in consideration