Symptoms and methods of treatment and possible consequences of kidney stones

Urolithiasis is one of the most common urological diseases in people of any age. The main explanation for the increase in the incidence of lesions is an increase in the negative impact of environmental factors, malnutrition, congenital abnormalities in kidney function, imbalance of hormones and inappropriate metabolism in the body.

In connection with these pathological effects and the lack of necessary treatment, the effects of kidney stones cause serious complications.

Stones are mainly formed in only one of the kidneys, but occasionally - just in two kidneys. The formation of the stone occurs initially with the appearance of sand. With the passage of time, the grains become the basis of initiation and the growth of salts occurs in a circle - so the grain of sand becomes a stone.

Symptomatic of formation of renal calculi

The formation of kidney stones does not cause any symptoms for a long time. As a rule, a person learns about the development of his urolithic pathology only when the stones move along the urinary canals and provoke intolerable pain. In this regard, the main sign of the presence of stones is acute pain in the back region, which irradiate in the groin and in the lower abdomen until the stone is removed outward through the ureter. The attack is often accompanied by severe vomiting.

With the movement of stones along the urinary tract this process provokes frequent and strong urge to urinate, burning during urination, fever and chills. A consequence of the described process is the injury of the ureter and the presence of blood in the urine.as well as turbidity of urine.

This is important! For the relief of symptoms of renal colic, antispasmodics and pain medication are required. If the medicine has not produced an effect, and the blood appears in the urine, then it is required to visit a specialist.

To answer the question of how dangerous kidney stones are, it is necessary to clarify that urolithic pathology is a happy dangerous disease that can provoke a hydronephrosic transformation of the kidney, a chronic form of kidney failure and even the removal of one or even two kidneys.

How can I get rid of stones?

There are several types of surgical operations for eliminating kidney stones. With strong pain, pain medication is used, and the patient needs a special diet.

1. The ability to dissolve kidney stones is considered a real breakthrough in modern medicine. Dissolution or otherwise litholysis is carried out by using a mixture of citric acid, sodium citrate and potassium. The listed preparations are indicated for oral administration. To establish the exact dose and the period of taking the drug, a specialist measures the acidity of urine for one week - this helps to schedule the treatment.
2. Lithotripsy is a procedure that must necessarily be performed in a semi-sitting position. The doctor directs special equipment to the specified area. The process is unpleasant, but bearable. Crushing is performed with frequent attacks of renal colic or when very large stones are found. Smaller concrements are able to leave the body on their own after proper drug therapy or consumption of large volumes of fluid. The consequences of fragmentation of kidney stones in ultrasound are that after a certain time the patient may exhibit the presence of blood in the urine, abdominal pain, sometimes severe spasmolytic pain accompanied by the passage of large fragments of stones.
   

   About 50 - 75% of cases within a month after ultrasound fragmentation, kidney stones are completely removed, but fragments can sometimes be retained in the kidneys.

   This is important! The most successful procedure is for patients who have a stone size of not more than 1 cm. Sometimes large fragments remain in the kidneys and additional manipulations may be required to remove them. Occasionally serious complications develop, such as internal bleeding, when it is necessary to perform a blood transfusion - a trauma of the tissues in the place of the stone or blocking a piece of ureteral lumen by a piece of stone.

   If, after completion of the procedure, there are strong urge to urinate and severe pain, you should seek medical advice as soon as possible.

   In spite of this, in most patients, remote procedures for fragmentation of stones do not provoke any serious consequences and they are able to return to work one or two days after the completion of the procedure.

   Anesthetic medication

   When developing acute pain can be used such tablets as Trigan, Baralgin, Fortran or Maxigan. They allow you to get rid of spasms and reduce the manifestations of pain.

   After diagnosis, an excellent analgesic in the presence of a stone in the kidneys is the use of a hot water bottle, which is placed on the lumbar region. You can also take a bath with a water temperature of not more than 45 degrees.

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