Diagnosed with kidney stones, how to do?

Kidney stones are one of the more common diseases, if you are unfortunate enough to suffer from kidney stones, then, looking for a good and timely manner to cure kidney stones is very important. If the patient first discovered calculus, without underlying disease or disorder pathophysiology, just followed up in order to understand the situation and the availability of new stones stone formation, without the need to take medication. For cases of acute renal colic episodes, unless there is a serious complication occurs, surgical treatment is generally not used as initial treatment of choice.

First, there is the possibility to determine which stones themselves discharged. According to statistics, a diameter of 4 mm below the stones if located in the ureter, the probability of self-discharge of 93%; if located in the upper ureter, the probability of 80%; while the diameter of 4 to 8 mm stones average discharge probability of 50%; diameter the possibility of stones discharged even smaller than 8 mm.


Term observation and conservative treatment is determined, as the case may be: In general, 24 hours after complete obstruction kidney damage, irreversible damage to five days, more than two weeks to remove the obstruction, even those who have only a small portion of renal function was restored. The damage caused by partial obstruction of the kidney are relatively mild, but if the obstruction for too long, it will also cause irreversible lesions damage.

When the choice of surgical treatment in addition to considering the above factors, but also on the level of monitoring of serum creatinine, urine culture, imaging studies and observation of the patient general status. If the obstruction infection, obstruction should be lifted as soon as possible; even in the absence of infection, complete obstruction should also be observed in a week to remove the obstruction.

Treatment of kidney stones in the process there is also a lot of considerations, some patients may not be very clear. This process is likely to lead to treatment of kidney stones is not smoothly. If kidney stones long dead, then there is great harm. Finally, I wish you good health!