Re: Does a Uro. do kidney biopsy exams

In article <e58d69028ne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Pete" <pete@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Jason Johnson wrote:
As a result of having red blood cells in my urine, my doctor
referred me to a urologist. I have edema and some other
symptoms of kidney disease. It's my "guess" that the blood
in the urine is the result of a kidney disease.
Is it possible for a uro. to do a kidney biopsy to rule
in or out kidney disease as a cause for the blood in the
urine? I already know that the uro. will conduct various
tests and exams to rule in or out the various causes of
blood in the urine.

I should note that I asked my doctor to refer me to
a kidney specialist but he refused to do so because
of the rules of my insur. company.

Jason

Jason...please tell us what the rules were that prohibited your primary care
physician from referring you to a nephrologist. I am interested. Sounds
like more HMO bull*** to me :-) .

It's HMO bull***. The rules state that my doctor needs a medical reason
to refer me to a kidney specialist. I have edema but it's not a serious
case of edema. There are several causes of edema. Perhaps if kidney
disease was the only cause of edema, my doctor could refer me to a kidney
specialist. Almost every item on my kidney function blood tests and urine
tests are within normal limits mainly because I am now a vegetarian.
Therefore, the insur. company would hassle him if he referred me to a
kidney specialist. I don't know what sort of punishement they use on
doctors to keep them from referring patients.
I know that I have kidney problems since I read a book that was written by
a kidney specialist. I have many of the symptoms that he mentioned in his
book.
In another newsgroup, some of the posters tried to convince me that I
don't have a kidney disease. They may be correct but how could I know for
sure unless I have the proper tests such as a kidney biopsy? I hate HMOs.
Jason
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