Emptying problems

in our family we have a kidney defect, it causes back up of urine in the bladder, I'm not sure what is done for this, but I know they had to fix my cousins problem with an operation to his kidney something about the way it emptied into the bladder is this more common in men or woman? and do I need to see a urologist? for this problems since it has seemed to cause me a lot of flank pain lately. due to urine back up...I see my doctor soon.

Go see a naturopath and see if they can help you. They can give you herbs and suggest other ways of combating the problem (depending on the cause of course). They usually have a much better idea than docs about how the body should be treated, and won't try to cut you up!!!
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