What are Symptom, Prevention, Tests and Treatment of Kidney Stones

SYMPTOMS OF KIDNEY STONES:- 

1.       STOMACH PAIN BACK TO FRONT, FRONT TO BACK

2.       BLOOD IN URINE

3.       NAUSEA

4.       FREQUENT URINATION

5.       SOMETIMES UNABLE TO PASS URINE

TESTS FOR KIDNEY STONES

1.       SONOGRAPHY

2.       SR. CREATININE (BLOOD TEST)

3.       URINE TEST

4.       DIGITAL IVP

5.       CT SCAN

6.       STONE ANALYSIS

TREATMENT

1.       SMALL STONES CAN BE PASSED OFF WITH MEDICINES AND LOTS OF WATER INTAKE

2.       STONES WHICH ARE UNABLE TO PASS AND ARE CAUSING DAMAGE TO KIDNEYS NEED REMOVAL OF STONE

3.       THERE ARE VARIOUS OPTIONS AT HI-TECH UROLOGY CENTRE FOR STONE REMOVAL

Ø  ESWL – DORNIER ESWL MACHINE BREAKS THE STONE INTO FINE PARTICLE AND ARE EASILY PASSABLE. NO ANESTHESIA OR HOSPITALISATION NEEDED

Ø  PCNL – PCNL PROCEDURE IS DONE  ENDOSCOPICALLY  THROUGH KEYHOLE DONE AT THE BACK, LEADING TO FAST RECOVERY

Ø  URS – URS  PROCEDURE IS DONE ENDOSCOPICALLY THROUGH NORMAL URINARY OPENING AND STONE IS CRUSHED BY LASER

Ø  RIRS – FLEXIBLE ENDOSCOPE IS PUT THROUGH NORMAL URINARY OPENING AND KIDNEY STONE IS POWDERED BY LASER (QUANTA)

Ø  CYSTOSCOPIC STONE CRUSHING – TO REMOVE BLADDER STONES WITHOUT OPEN OPERATION

WITH MAJORITY OF PROCEDURES ABOVE PATIENT CAN BE BACK TO WORK IN TWO-THREE DAYS

PREVENTION

1.       WATER INTAKE OF 3-4 LITERS PER DAY

2.       DECREASE NON VEGETARIAN FOOD INTAKE

3.       KEEP MILK PRODUCTS INTAKE UPTO 300ML PER DAY

4.       TOMATOES CAN BE EATEN AS IT IS