Practical Medicine: Urogenital System
This 2 hour general CE session is designed to give participants a practical and clinical approach to the assessment and treatment of kidney and bladder disease. This will include a brief overview of nephrology, physical exam, labs, UA, symptoms and causes. Additionally, the course will cover specific treatment for disease in the kidney and bladder, including botanicals, homeopathics, and more. Be sure not to miss Dr. Zeff’s “wardrobe malfunction” story!
Purpose/ direction of course (10 min)
Review of naturopathic theory: the patient not the disease, vis medicatrix naturae (7 min)
Nephrology overview (3 min)
Assessment of kidney and bladder disease (70 min)
- Physical exams, UA, symptoms, causes
- Bladder
- Hematuria
- Cystitis
- Interstitial cystitis
- Nocturia (enuresis, prostate enlargement, other)
- Bladder cancer
- Kidney
- Pain and irritation
- Infection
- Stones
- Polycystic kidney disease
- CKD
Treatments for the kidney and bladder (20 min)
- Botanical
- Homeopathic
- Dry needling
- Physiotherapy
- Supplements/ glandulars
- Antibiotics
Q&A (10 min)
2.0 general CE hours approval through the Federation of Naturopathic Medicine Regulatory Authorities for the United States and Canada.
