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Referred pain from ureteric colic is felt in the groin due to involvement of the following nerve:
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Proteus species are urease-producing bacteria.
Urease splits urea → ammonia → raises urine pH → alkaline urine.
Alkaline urine + cloudiness with pus cells indicates urinary tract infection with Proteus.
This environment also favors struvite (triple phosphate) stone formation.
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A patient with alkaline urine which is cloudy with plenty of pus cells is suffering from infection with:
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Classic triad:
1. Renal colic – sudden flank pain.
2. Flank/loin swelling – due to hydronephrosis.
3. Disappearance of swelling after urination – as urine passes.
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Triad of renal colic, swelling in loin which disappears after passing urine is called:
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A patient was admitted with complaints of ureteric stone. He was on treatment with IV fluids and analgesics. Suddenly he developed radiating pain to the pubic area and medial aspect of the thigh. The stone is coming down.
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Locate the renal stone with pain radiating to medial side of thigh and perineum due to slipping of stone in males:
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“Struvite Stones 🦌 = Magnesium 🪄 + Calcium 🪨 partying in an alkaline lake 🛁 thanks to Proteus bacteria 🦠”
