How to reduce chances of Kidney Cancer?

• Stop smoking/Tobacco: it doubles the risk
• Obesity increases the risk: maintain optimal body weight
• High blood pressure increases the risk: control BP
• Eat healthy: more fruits and vegetables, less fat

Other risk factors are:

• Chronic kidney disease and dialysis
• Exposure to cadmium: paints and welding industry
• Some genetic conditions

Early signs of Kidney Cancer?

• Blood in urine
• Lump felt in tummy
• Pain

Causes of poor urinary stream in men

• Tap tubing or channel( URETHRA) is blocked.
• Motor( BLADDER MUSCLE) pumping the water into the tap from the reservoir(BLADDER) is not functioning properly generally due to faulty wiring( nerve supply to bladder)

Causes of a blocked tap( urinary passage)

• Stricture ( scarring ) of urethra: can only be corrected surgically
• Enlarged prostate( benign or cancerous): can be treated with medicines and surgery
• Stone in urinary passage or urinary bladder
• A bladder cancer located near bladder outlet
• Phimosis( tight foreskin)

Causes of poor functioning pump ( weak baldder)

• Diabetes, long standing
• Any problem at level of brain, spine or nerves which supply urine bladder(wiring of the pump): stroke, brain Tumor, spine compression due to disc prolapse or cancer and Lots other neurological problems.
• Medicines causing weakness of bladder like anticholinergics