Don't Ignore Urinary stones

Urinary stones are hard masses that form inside the urinary tract, that causes the block of urine flow and results in pain, infection or bleeding. Depending on the location of the stone, it may be called a ureteral stone, kidney stone or bladder stone.

Types of Stones

Most of the urinary stones are formed from the minerals in the urine that forms crystals and grow into stones. Most of the stones are composed of calcium and sometimes stones are composed of uric acid or cystine. In some cases, stones may be caused due to infected urine, these stones which are a mixture of ammonium, magnesium, and phosphate are also known as infection stones.

Causes

The main cause of urinary stone is, the urine becomes too saturated with salts that can form stones. Urinary stones are more common among the following types of people:

• Hyperparathyroidism 
• Renal tubular acidosis
• Dehydration
• Among people whose urine lacks the normal inhibitors of stone formation
• Whose diet is very rich in Vitamin C or animal-source protein
• Who don't consume enough water or calcium
• People who have a family history of stone formation

In some people, drugs including indinavir or the substances in the diet such as melamine increase the risk of stone formation

Symptoms

Usually, tiny stones may cause no symptoms, but larger stones may cause pain in the back and area between the ribs and the hip. The other symptoms of urinary stone include:

• Renal Colic
• Nausea and vomiting
• Blood or a piece of stone in the urine
• Pain or burning during urination
• Foul smelling urine
• Urge to urinate frequently
• Fever and chills

Treatment

Small urinary stones do not need to be treated, as they pass out on their own. The larger stones are either treated by medications or by stone removal procedures like shock wave lithotripsy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, Endoscopic surgery, Ureteroscopy etc.

 Uro-Andrology Clinic of Dr. N Anandan, one of the best and senior Urologist and Andrologist in Chennai, offers reliable and the best cure for Urinary stone in Chennai with the help of dedicated team of doctors and other staffs.



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Early Signs of Kidney Stones that Shouldn't be Ignored

A kidney Stone is a condition where a stone is formed inside kidney and then it goes out through the urine flow if the size of the stone is small. But if the stones formed are bigger then it causes pain as it touches the walls of the urinary tract or will cause bleeding inside.

How to prevent kidney stone?

Preventing kidney stone means preventing stone formation, the food items such as spinach, chocolate, tea, nuts etc have some contents which can cause stone formation so reduce their consumption. Drink lot of water and most important factor never hold your urine for a long time.

What are the Symptoms of kidney stones?

The pain is the common factor that occurs in kidney stone which occurs in the lower abdomen and back. This pain is said to be one of severe pains, as a matter stones can cause internal bleeding. The other symptoms include restlessness, sweating, vomiting and frequent urinary urgency.

How can we Diagnose kidney stone?

The diagnosis of kidney stone is done through several methods they include CT scan, ultrasound scan, intravenous pyelography etc. Clinical diagnosis is usually made on the basis of the location and severity of the pain.

What are the Treatments for the kidney stone?

Kidney stones differ in size as we said in the case of smaller stones treatments include medicines for pain control and also medicines to provide the passage through urine. For the bigger stones, the doctors can recommend a procedure known as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). It produces vibrations inside the area where the stone is and breaks stones into smaller particles.

Can kidney stones reappear?

According to some studies about half of the people who had kidney stone reappeared within 10 years. So there is still a possibility and always stick with preventive measures. 

Uro-Andrology Clinic has been running by Dr. N. Anandan and also has been the visiting Urologist and Andrologist in many hospitals in Chennai.He is an expert in providing treatments to various urological, andrological problems especially benign prostatic hyperplasia treatments and surgery.

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