Kidney Stone
A kidney stone is a solid, pebble-like substance that can form in one or both kidneys when there are too many minerals in your urine. They can develop anywhere in your urinary tract, which includes the kidney, ureters, bladder and urethra.
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- Frequent Nausea and Vomiting.ย
- Burning and itching sensation when passing urine.ย
- Sign of blood and pus while passing urine.ย
- Fever and Chills.ย
- Dizziness.ย
- Cloudy or smelly urine.ย
- Passing less amount of urine.ย
- Heavy pain in the ground region and side area.
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- Dehydration.ย
- Antacids.ย
- Crohn's Disease.ย
- Salt.ย
- Gout.ย
- Hyperparathyroidism.ย
- Reduce water intake.ย
- Excessive acidic nature of the urine.ย
- Animal protein.ย
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Calcium stones:- It contains calcium oxalate and Calcium phosphate.ย
Uric acid stones:- These stones form when the urine contains a large amount of uric acid.ย
Struvite stones:- These stones form suddenly due to an infection in the kidneys.ย
Cystine stones:- These stones form due to a disorder called cystinuria.
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- Obesity, eating high protein foods and eating too many high calories foods etc.ย
- People who have undergone gastric bypass surgery, chemotherapy symptoms of hyperparathyroidism are also risk of developing kidney stone.ย
- People taking medications such as antacids with high calcium content may have similar problems.ย
- Excessive calcium, Vitamin D, Vitamine C or suppleents.ย
- Dehydration and not drinking enough fluids.ย
- Being overweight or obese.ย
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- Blood Test:- These tests can tell if you have too much calcium or uric acid in your blood.ย
- Urine testing:- Your doctor may instruct you to perform two urine collections for two consecutive days to assess the amount of stone- forming minerals in your urine.ย
Imaging:- Imaging tests include a simple abdominal X-ray, CT scan and Ultrasound to detect the presence of kidney stones in your urinary tract.ย
Analyzing passed kidney stone:- You will urinate through a filter so that the kidney stones that pass through the urine can be collected and analyzed in a laboratory.
What we do?ย
๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ฟ๐:- Open surgery for kidney stones is rarely done. You will be given something to unconsciousย you during the procedure.ย The surgeon will make an incision in your side and in your kidney. They will remove the stone through the opening.ย A stent is placed in the ureter to drain urine.
Advanced Laser Surgery:-. The surgery is minimally invasive and requires no incisions on your body.ย After you are asleep, a small lighted instrument (ureteroscope) is placed into your urethra and bladder to access your urethra and kidneys.