The reason why this woman's kidneys fell down to ... pelvic holes

This incredibly strange disease is a real challenge for doctors .

Usually, your internal organs are rarely standing still. They can move, or change in size a bit when we have physical activities, eating, or other activities. But 'a bit' is not a word to use in the case mentioned in this article.

In the case of this female patient, the kidneys must be as low as 6cm, the distance of the two vertebrae.

It was an extremely strange case for a 25-year-old female patient in Michigan. She describes her symptoms as 'feeling like a ball rolling inside of me, whenever I stand up or lie down'. That "ball" turned out to be her right kidney, when she was one of the very few people suffering from an extremely rare disease - mobile kidney disease. For nearly 6 years, she always had a feeling of pain in the back and right pelvic area, the feeling of pain increased when standing up and getting better when sitting down. She also said that the pain was significantly reduced when she was close to giving birth.

Cellular kidney disease, or kidney disease , is a condition in which one of the kidneys falls into the pelvis . In the case of this female patient, the kidneys must be as low as 6cm, the distance of the two vertebrae, each time she changes her posture from lying to standing. The main cause of this disease lies in adipose tissue around the kidney. Normally, this amount of adipose tissue plays a role in protecting and supporting the kidneys to stay fixed in its normal position.

But in this case, when the amount of adipose tissue is insufficient, the rack becomes uncertain and causes the kidneys to descend. When this condition occurs, the blood vessels around the kidneys and especially the ureters will be pulled together, obstructing the urinary tract from falling, thereby causing stagnant urine in the kidneys and causing pain.

It is not until the pain becomes apparent in standing posture that the doctors can think of this 'weird' diagnosis.

This is a simple diagnosis, because nearly all imaging diagnostic tools, from ultrasound to advanced facilities such as computerized tomography or magnetic resonance, require patients to located. In this position, the results are completely normal. It is not until the pain becomes apparent in standing posture that the doctors can think of this very 'peculiar' diagnosis and carry out the scan in both standing and lying positions.

After finding the problem, a rapid surgery is done to fix the kidney in place. Since the surgery is completed, the patient has returned to complete health and no more persistent pain as before.