Hydronephrosis Specialist

Heidistephanymd17 Feb, 2022Health

Hydronephrosis can be detected in the fetus during pregnancy, or at any point after birth. Sometimes hydronephrosis can be serious if undetected and untreated but generally it requires no specific treatment except for ultrasound testing and following it on serial ultrasounds. Normally, kidneys produce urine that is routed through the ureters to the bladder. If some abnormal development occurs along this path, the flow of urine from the kidney can be partially blocked. This causes the kidney to retain fluid and swell.