Kidney stones: Renal Calculi: Symptoms & Treatment

Kidney stone is medically known as renal calculi. Kidney stones are solid concretions that are formed in kidney from the dissolved urinary minerals. Kidney stones are formed around the kidney and in the urinary tract which then passes into the urinary bladder and passes out of the body along with the urine in the normal cases. Many times kidney stones are formed and pass out with the urine without giving a notice to the person. Kidney stone pains along with its move and in some cases the person doesn’t even realizes that he/she possesses a kidney stone inside body.

Kidney stones symptoms:

Unbearable kidney stones give some painful symptoms that make you sleepless for many nights. Kidney stones make the patient suffer from vomiting and nausea. It gives immense pain in the back that is a sharp cramping pain and also the area around the kidney. Kidney stone if found in the right one then the right side around the kidney pains a lot and vice versa. A person notices smelly urine and also blood drops during the urine. Person gets frequent urine and also burning sensation during the urine. Sometimes a person also gets fever and chill. Kidney stone pains a lot in the ribs side and hip bone until it reaches to the urinary bladder.

In short, the kidney stone is just unbearable. A person finds difficult in fixing his or herself in any of the positions when the pain starts showing symptoms.

Kidney Stone Treatment & Tips:

Kidney stones lesser than 4mm size: Stones that are lesser than 4mm size usually passes out along with the urine. For that you need to drink lots of water daily and lemon juice. A lemon cuts the stone and dissolves it. Drinking lots of water and then passing out the urine in force usually removes the stone that are smaller and tiny in size. Doctors even advices the patient to have a glass of beer as it helps in pushing out the stone via urine.

Kidney stones from size 5mm to 15mm: When the kidney stones are relatively larger in size then you need to consult a doctor for its removal. Doctor tries treatment like the Shock waves, Laser, Tunnel surgery, Ureteroscope etc. During the Shock waves treatment the doctor sends shock waves directly to the stone via machine and breaks the stone into small parts which gets pass out with urine.

In a tunnel surgery the doctor makes a small cut into the patients back and makes a narrow tunnel through the skin to the stone inside the kidney. An Ureteroscope looks like a long wire. The doctor inserts this wire into the patient’s urethra, passes it up to the bladder & directs it to the ureter where the stone is located. This device comes with a camera that directs the doctor to view the stone. A cage is used to drag the stone and pull it out from the patient’s body or the doctor has an option to destroy the stone with device.

Kidney Stone: Summary:

Kidney stone can form again inside the body even if removed once or twice. The best way to avoid these stones is by drinking lots of water. You can even ask your doctor to make you see the stone after it is pulled out during surgery.