[alaskar]

I am 22 year old male.

two months ago, I had an upper abdomen ultrasound.

It showed that the right kidney measures 10. 4 X 4. 9cm. Left kidney shows "mild hydronephrosis." left renal pelvis measures 17. 6mm. no masses or calculi inside. Left kidney measures 11. 4 X 5. 2cm.

my questions are:
*do I need urgent care? since I did not continue for financial reasons.
*how serious is that?
*is there any recommended diet?
*what could be the cause?
*my doctor suggested IVU, what's that?
*I have some pain and discomfort sometimes in both kidneies? why both?

thank you for your help :)

[UroDoc]

Mild hydro is not an emergency and it is not urgent. An IVP/IVU is an xray test, you can find out more info at http://www.radiologychannel.net/intravenouspyelogram/index.shtml . You may just have a large renal pelvis (extra renal pelvis) and not hydro which the IVU /IVP will help determine, not sure about the pain but the x ray might help in determining or excluding a casue,good luck