Starting from complaints of pain in his thighs for a few days, the doctor named Dr. Eric Topol of those trying to figure out why.
He connects a portable ultrasound scanner to your phone and then uses it to take on the own body at home.
The scanner then sends the pictures that showed swelling in the kidneys. This kind of condition is usually caused by the presence of kidney stones.
Dr. Topol can then pass an examination in the hospital, and the results of his screening proved to be right.
Interestingly, Dr. Topol is not an expert, but as observers of the kidney health technology, he claimed to have been practicing to do scanning organs since the beginning of this year.
Dr. Topol's own experience using ultrasound scanner is connected with a mobile phone to do a screening to his patients.
"But I could never have imagined would actually use it. Before trying it, I'd guess this might be kidney stones but I am not sure because the pain is not so bad, "he said as reported Vocativ.
In 2012, his name also became popular due to his initiative that connects the iPhone to an electrocardiogram machine to diagnose heart attacks that occurred in the rush a patient who was in one plane with him.
Doctors who practice at Scripps Health, La Jolla, California had claimed to find there are still many doctors who are reluctant to use this kind of technology because they could not be asked for payment. In addition to its accuracy levels are still considered dubious.
But he does not agree. According to him, the use of technology of this kind thus helps improve relations between patients with doctors, rather than after undergoing screening, the results are sent to the laboratory and the patient is left not knowing anything.
He thus convinced this technology provides convenience for anyone to access the condition of his health. Anyway, after doing an independent screening, patients will want to check with a doctor, come to the role with such doctors are still considered crucial.
The presence of kidney stones in the body cannot be denied. Dr. Ginova Nainggolan, SpPD-Cipto Mangunkusumo HOSPITAL of KGH asserted, the left kidney stone aka is not handled in time will cause damage to the renal organs as a whole.
"Usually due to kidney stones are small so there are some people who don't feel. Usually, it is a kidney stone is not resolved until the years. So check up if there's a problem let me look, "said Dr. Ginova to detikHealth some time ago.
At the very least a kidney stone that is still too small to get out by themselves. But when already enlarged, then actions that should be done is surgery, while patients are not necessarily ready to do so.