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Question #21639
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liver kidney specialist - #21639

Tara

I am really starting to freak out about my health lately. I've been having some weird symptoms, you know? Like, I keep feeling this dull ache in my side, and sometimes my urine looks kinda dark, which is alarming. After a few tests, my doc mentioned I should see a liver kidney specialist, which I didn’t even know was a thing! Like, is this common? I mean, is a liver kidney specialist the same as a nephrologist? It just feels like everything is piling up. I'm also super pointlessly stressing about how long it might take to even get an appointment with a liver kidney specialist. What do they even do? Do they focus on both organs at the same time, or is there like a focus on one at first? I feel like I need to prepare for questions or something, like how does a liver kidney specialist even start their examination? There’s so much info online, but half of it is confusing and maybe even wrong. I'm just hoping this ache isn’t something serious because I don't want to keep going back and forth to doctors. Anyone else had to see a liver kidney specialist? What should I expect? Any advice would be really helpful!

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