Chennai, Feb. 3 -- Two women--a 23-year-old from Karaikudi and 38-year-old mother of two fromTiruvannamalai--received a fresh lease of lifes and tumours in their kidneys were detected in timeafter a random medical check.
Thenmozhi (name changed on request) from Karaikudi living with her dependent parents, began witha dull pain in her back that simply refused to go away.
On advice from a local doctors, came to the Asian Institute of Nephrology and Urology (AINU), Chennai,for a clinical check-up.
What neither she nor her family expected was a diagnosis rarely seen in someone so young-a localisedkidney tumour. With no prior medical history and no visible warning signs beyond persistent pain, her casecould have easily been dismissed. Instead...