Over the last few months I have had a constant low grade pain in my side… a hot water bottle seems to get rid of it for a while. My daughter has told me I should have my kidneys checked out – but I really don’t want to bother my GP at the moment as they are constantly telling us not to call unless a...

What is a kidney stone – and do you have to have them removed or do they pass through as my doctor has suggested I might have one and need an xray?

I get a lot of UTIs and sometimes really cant be bothered to go to the doctors and hope that the infection will pass – but it crossed my mind that I might be damaging my kidneys – could this be the case?

I am border line type 2 diabetes and have read that I could be damaging my kidneys – is this true?

I am 70. Have had persistant UTI's for around 13 years. Have been seen by urologists at Royal London hospital over the time, when I take anti biotics I have to take for 10 days as 7 days doesn't totally clear it. I had an allergic reaction to Trimethoprim, so the drugs that usually work is Cefalexin...

Is it true that you can get sun damage through glass in the summer in the UK?

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