What are Kidney Stones?
Urine has a number of waste products these waste products usually pass out of our body when we urinate but when there is too little liquid present in the kidney to dilute these waste products they start aggregating at one place forming a stone like formation in our kidney.
Most of the kidneys stones are passed out through urine in 6 to 8 weeks but if they are bigger in size then it hard for them to pass through urine and they sit in the kidney sometime pass through the urinary traction and settle down in uterus causing a lot of pain and discomfort.
Different Type Of Kidney Stones
Calcium Oxalate Stones
Calcium Oxalate Stones are the most common type of kidney stones forming in the kidney . They’re formed when there is accumulation of calcium oxalate. Certain foods have higher levels of salt and sugar than others. accumulation of phosphate in the body can also cause calcium stone. Similarly, if you have high doses of vitamin D, have certain health issues your risk for calcium stones are high .
Struvite Stones
These type of kidney stones occur when there is a infection in the kidney most commonly urinary tract infection.
Uric Acid Stones
High purine intake leads to a higher production of monosodium urate, which, under the right conditions, may form stones in the kidneys. The formation of these types of stones tends to run in families.
Cystine Stones
These kind of stones are very rare and generally tend to run in the family passing through generation. it’s more like a hereditary disease.
Symptoms of Kidney Stones
• Severe pain below your ribs on your side and back2
• Pain that radiates to your lower abdomen
• Pain the comes in waves or fluctuates in intensity2
• Pain when urinating
• Cloudy urine
• Foul-smelling urine
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• Persistent need to urinate
• Urinating more often, yet with less liquid being expelled
• Fever or chills
How to Pass Kidney Stones
Stay Hydrated
The most important thing to do when passing a kidney stone is to stay hydrated as this helps in dissolving the minerals and let them pass through your urethera you can also add some citrus to your liquid as citrus is known to break stones in small parts so it can pass through urine easily.
Eat Diuretic Foods, Try Apple Cider Vinegar, Mix Lemon Juice and Olive Oil.
When to See a Doctor
Most of the kidney stones that are less than 5 mm in size pass through the urine easily but when the stone is bigger in size and there is more pain and other problems then it is advised to go and visit an urologist there are few other ways to remove a kidney stone without surgery.
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL).
Shock-wave lithotripsy is a noninvasive procedure that uses high-energy sound waves to blast the stones into fragments that are then more easily passed out in the urine.
Ureteroscopy with Laser Lithotripsy
In ureteroscopy, an endoscope is inserted through the ureter to retrieve or obliterate the stone.
Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy
If your kidney stones are larger than 5mm, your urologist might recommend percutaneous nephrostolithotomy. It’s a minimally invasive procedure that creates a small opening into the kidney for large stones to be broken down using a stone-pulverizing device.1
Conclusion
Drinking enough water this will help keep your urine less presence of waste products. Darker the urine more the concentration , so your urine should appear very light yellow to clear if you are well hydrated. Most of the fluid you drink should be water. Most people should drink more than 12 glasses of water a day. Sugar and high-fructose corn syrup should be limited to small quantities.
Eat more fruits and vegetables , which make the urine less acid. When the urine is less acid , then stones may be less able to form. Animal protein produces urine that has more acid , which can then increase your risk for kidney stones.
Try and eliminate salt intake in your diet , do not eat foods that have higher levels of salt intakes
You need to check on your weight, do not get yourself being overweight. eat nutritional food get your proteins and carbohydrates. Do adequate amount of exercise and drink plenty of water.
Do not get confused about the calcium in dairy products acting as stone forming agents ,There are some products in dairy that helps as diluting agents in case of stones.
There are certain other factors that causes kidney stones in human body. Eventually these stones pass through your body if you are taking enough amount of liquid but in some cases these stones do not pass through the urine , in these such cases you are advised to visit a urologist and take appropriate treatment.