The treatment of kidney stones may vary depending on the size of the stones and
condition of the patient. The treatment generally aims at relieving the patient
of pain, passing kidney stones through urine or removing them surgically. Some
of the professional treatments include:
Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL): It uses shock waves to break the
stones into tiny pieces that are then passed in your urine.
Percutaneous nephrolithotomy: When ESWL is not effective, or the stone is very
large, your surgeon may remove your kidney stone through a small incision in
your back using an instrument called a nephroscope.
Ureteroscopic stone removal: The stone is snared with a small instrument
(ureteroscope) that's passed into the ureter through your bladder. Ultrasound
or laser energy can also be directed through the scope to shatter the stone.
These methods work especially well on stones in the lower part of the ureter.
Parathyroid surgery: Some calcium stones are caused by overactive parathyroid
glands, which are located on the four corners of your thyroid gland, just below
your Adam's apple. When these glands produce too much parathyroid hormone, your
body's level of calcium can become too high, resulting in excessive excretion
of calcium in your urine. Most often, this is the result of a small benign
tumor in one of your four parathyroid glands. A doctor can surgically remove
the tumor.
In order to avoid recurrence of kidneystones you need to bring
down the level of calcium in your blood, keep your urine as dilute as
possible. Kidney stones (calcium oxalate stones) form when the concentration
of calcium in the kidney tubules gets to a critical concentration. There is no
exact measure for "critical concentration." One way of minimizing the
concentration is to always be sure that you have plenty of water to excrete.
That means drinking at least 8 glasses of water each day (8 oz per glass).in
additionally be physically fit. Go to kidneystoneforum.com where you can
get more professional help on this topic. As a preventive measure, one should
avoid diets rich in proteins, sodium and nitrogen, and drink lot of water. But
even after all the precautions; they have a tendency to reappear in a patient's
body.
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