Every day, we eat soft and delicious meals and drink water that meets the drinking standards, but the body will grow "stones"!
Of course, this is not to say that the human body will really grow stones, but some organs are affected by the abnormal accumulation of various substances, resulting in the appearance of stones similar to stones. In mainland China, the most high-incidence stone disease is actually "kidney stones". Its appearance is related to the abnormal accumulation of some crystalline substances and organic substances in the kidneys.
According to the current clinical data, stones may appear in any part of the urinary system, but these stones are basically formed with the kidneys, especially ureteral stones almost all come from the kidneys.
In mainland China, there are significantly more male patients with kidney stones than women, especially in young adults. Of all kidney stone types, the most common is calcium oxalate stones.
Usually, the symptoms of kidney stones are mainly related to the size, shape, and specific parts of the stones. In most cases, patients with kidney stones have no symptoms, except after the kidney stones have fallen from the kidneys to the ureters.
However, just because it has no symptoms does not mean that it is not harmful, and kidney stones can also cause complications. So the question is, what are the hazards of kidney stones?
1. Renal colic
If the patient's kidney stones are smaller, this means that the kidney stones are more active. In the process of kidney stone activity, it may cause irritation to the ureter, resulting in ureteral spasm and inducing renal colic, and the patient will have unbearable severe low back pain, and the pain may radiate to the lower abdomen, inner thighs, vulva, and accompanied by symptoms such as dysuria, nausea and vomiting. In severe cases, the patient may even experience symptoms of dysuria;
2. Local tissue damage
If the volume of kidney stones is relatively large, and the shape is irregular, or even showing a deer antler-like shape, this will often have long-term friction with the surrounding tissues, resulting in fibrous tissue hyperplasia, neutrophil or lymphocyte infiltration, ulcers and other problems, and over time patients will even develop kidney fibrosis, renal pelvis and renal epithelial cell detachment, combined with hydronephrosis, causing serious damage to the renal parenchyma;
3. Impaired renal function
Bilateral kidney stones may cause problems such as obstruction of the urinary tract on both sides, urinary closure, etc., which can affect the function of the kidneys to produce and transport urine. Moreover, urinary tract obstruction will cause hydrops above the obstruction, that is, hydronephrosis.
If kidney stones have long-term hydronephrosis, excessive pressure on the upper part of the obstruction, decreased blood flow in the kidneys, etc., with the continuous development of the disease, patients may have kidney atrophy, decreased renal function, tubular necrosis and other symptoms in the later stage, and even cause the development of kidney failure and loss of kidney function.
Therefore, we must not underestimate the disease of kidney stones, once kidney stones appear, you need to actively treat. Usually, the treatment of kidney stones in mainland china is mainly symptomatic therapy, such as kidney stone pain relief, treatment of infection, relief of urinary tract obstruction, etc., to reduce the probability of kidney damage and improve the quality of life of patients.
Next, the doctor will actively look for the cause of the kidney stone, according to the different composition of the kidney stone and the cause of the different, the development of a reasonable treatment plan. What needs to be emphasized here is that kidney stones have a certain possibility of recurrence, so after a clinical cure, patients also need to do a good job of prevention and control in the future, and try to avoid the recurrence of kidney stones.