What is the difference between nephrology and urology?


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The difference between nephrology and urology is mainly urology, which mainly deals with some urology surgical conditions, such as some common diseases, such as a tumor of our urinary system, urinary stones, and some urinary trauma, and then there are some other developmental abnormalities, prostate hyperplasia, prostate cancer. These diseases are a treatment scope of urology, while nephrology's treatment scope generally focuses on a kidney disease itself. For example, chronic nephritis, glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy, nephrotic syndrome, or sometimes some patients develop to a certain extent to uremia, uremia, because the patient's toxins cannot be excreted, they need to do some hemodialysis. Therefore, these treatment ranges are all within the scope of nephrology. Therefore, in general, when judging the treatment range of internal medicine and surgical diseases, we are more relatively speaking. Nephrology focuses on treating a chronic disease of the kidney. There are more internal diseases of the kidney itself, while urology treats more specific diseases such as tumors, stones, or trauma.