Kidney stone

Manifestations of renal calculi Patients with kidney stones often suffer from pain when urinating. Blood streaks or small stones can be found in urine. The whole body may have fever, chills and other manifestations, and some may also have colic in the back or lower abdomen, nausea and vomiting. Treatment of renal calculi According to the composition and size of the stones, the treatment methods for kidney stones are different. 1. Medication Patients with stones less than 0.6 cm, no obvious symptoms and no renal function damage can choose drug therapy. Drug therapy mainly includes drinking more water and increasing urine volume. Control of infection; Promote ureteral peristalsis and accelerate stone discharge. 2. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy Extracorporeal shock wave Read More …

Will eating tofu lead to kidney stones?

Does the topic mention this issue for a long time? Let’s say the conclusion first, lest some friends have no patience to see the end: No matter who has had kidney stones before, tofu can be eaten. Tofu will not make people have kidney stones. Not only that, tofu can also avoid the occurrence of kidney stones. Why? In order to clarify this problem, let’s start with kidney stones. Is it what who caused the kidney stones? The concentration of minerals in urine is too high to exceed the [saturated concentration], so crystals deposit in the kidney and become solid particles. Sometimes, these particles also move to the ureter. Some stone particles are only the size of sand grains, while Read More …

Five gout, one kidney stone, five things you should know about stones

Many gout patients will find that they have kidney stones or [small crystals] during physical examination. Before starting uric acid reduction treatment, doctors will also open kidney B-ultrasound to determine whether there are kidney stones. So is there a what relationship between stones and gout? One in five gout suffers from kidney stones. Statistics show that about 20% of patients with primary gout have kidney stones at the same time, and the main component of these kidney stones is uric acid crystals. About 70% of uric acid in the body is excreted by the kidney. Even for people who do not suffer from gout, the concentration of uric acid in the kidney (renal tubules) is relatively high. However, the concentration Read More …