Kidney stones treatment
Kidney stones treatment - Are you suffering from an excruciating pain in
the stomach? Have you diagnosed it? Is it by any chance a kidney stone?
Well, don't worry, kidney stone treatment with modern medical
technology is far safer and hassle-free than it was two decades ago.
Kidney stones are generally caused by excess of calcium in the bloods
stream. Given that blood is being refined in the human body every
moment, all of it reaches the kidney for purification. The continuous
deposition of calcium in the kidney gives rise to kidney stones. 85
percent of cases are a result of this. However, kidney stone formation
can also be a hereditary syndrome called Cystinuria in which cystine, an
amino acid in protein-rich food is not absorbed, giving rise to cystine
stones.
I think surgery will be the last thing on your doctor's mind! However,
it depends on how large the stone actually is. Kidney stone treatment
has come a long way in 20 years. Modern medical interventions do not
involve incisions into the body at all! The Extracorporeal Shockwave
Lithotripsy (ESWL) is the latest in this field of surgery. Shockwaves
produced, travel through the body till they intercept the denser
components of the stone and shatter them into tiny pieces which can then
be flushed out of the system.
Shockwave kidney stone treatment has to do with a ureterscope, a
fibre-optic device that is pushed through the urethra and bladder into
the ureter. The stone might be shattered up close, or it can be pulled
down the ureter and out of the body if it is small enough! The other
method involves making an incision in the back, and then with help of a
nephroscope, the large kidney stone is removed, although if the stone is
too large, shock wave treatment is used. In both cases hospital stay is
a minimum and you will be fit in no time.
The only side effects of this treatment are bruising, slight discomfort
and blood in the urine, and doctors recommend you not to take Aspirins
or other blood-thinning medications.
Would you rather choose dependence on medicines over kidney stone
treatment to keep your kidney in shape? You could do that, but always
remember that they are wrought with side effects which you might not
want! So are you sure you want to go in for this? Well, here you go...
Excess calcium can be treated by medicine containing phosphates or a
thiazide diuretic. Uric acid stones are treated with tablets containing
mild allupurinols which help keep the urine alkaline and hence dissolve
the stones; struvite stones are caused dueby urinal infection and can be
ridden off by antibiotics and acetohydroxamic acid. Cystine stones are
usually hereditary, so it needs extra care and life-long treatment.
If you don't want to go in for neither kidney stone treatment nor
medicinal help, you can try out good old ayurveda, the age old
naturopathy and herbal treatment devised in India centuries ago. Rolling
stones should be anywhere but in your kidney!
