As the saying goes, "not a family, do not enter a door", a family of five have kidney stones, do you believe this? Recently, Master Wu of Chongyang, Xianning, Hubei Province, was admitted to wuhan Kyoto Stone Hospital due to an acute attack of kidney stones, and after some understanding, he learned that Master Wu's wife and three sons were actually stone patients. This can't help but make Master Wu a little worried, will kidney stones still be inherited?
Mr. Wu and his son
Small stones dragged on for years
Nearly destroyed the man's kidney
As early as many years ago, Master Wu was diagnosed with double kidney stones because of waist pain, and because the stones were small and the frequency of attacks was not very high, he did not want to go to a regular hospital for treatment. "I will send it a few times a month, and it won't hurt to take some medicine, so I don't take it seriously." Master Wu told reporters.
I thought it wasn't a big deal, but just last month, Master Wu obviously didn't feel right. First there was hematuria, and then there was severe waist pain, waist swelling, vomiting and other symptoms, "I thought it would be good to take some medicine as usual, who knew that it didn't work at all, and the pain was even more serious." In order to get rid of the big trouble of stones as soon as possible, Master Wu rushed to the Wuhan Kyoto Stone Hospital, which specializes in treating stones, to seek treatment.
The doctor explained the condition to Master Wu
After examination, Master Wu had multiple stones in his right kidney with hydrops, and left kidney stones and left ureteral stones with hydrops. Zhang Hui, deputy director of the Department of Urology of the hospital, pointed out that the patient's bilateral stone obstruction and led to renal hydrops, if the obstruction is not lifted in time, the problem of hydrops will continue to worsen, which will damage bilateral kidney function.
Subsequently, the doctor customized and performed a noninvasive kidney stone removal procedure, breaking and removing the stones that were obstructing the ureter and kidneys. At present, Master Wu is recovering well.
A family of five suffers from kidney stones
Is it genetic or some other cause
What is surprising is that Master Wu's son, who was accompanying him in the ward, also took this opportunity to do a stone color ultrasound screening, and actually found kidney stones. According to Master Wu's recollection, his wife and two other sons have been found to have different degrees of urinary stones, which can't help but make him very worried, will the disease of stones really be inherited? Why does a family of five suffer from kidney stones?
In this regard, the doctor introduced that the formation factors of urinary stones are more complex, if they appear in the same family, it may be related to similar living and eating habits, or related to some inheritable diseases, such as tubular acidosis, and metabolic diseases that can induce stones, such as parathyroid diseases, blood sugar metabolism problems, primary oxalate precipitation and so on.
In view of the fact that Master Wu and his family suffer from kidney stones, it may be related to their family's preference for soy products and genetic constitution. When people consume too much soy products, it is easy to lead to an increase in calcium salts in the urine, or cause an increase in blood uric acid, so that the uric acid excreted in the urine increases, and over time it is easy to appear kidney stones.
Doctors also reminded that the cause of stones is complex, when multiple members of a family suffer from stones, then other family members should also pay attention to physical examination, find stones, treat them early, and avoid impaired kidney function.
Correspondent: Jin Jing Review: Chen Yujie