Kidney Stones
Your kidneys excrete waste from your blood in the urine. At times, when you have a lot of specific wastes and insufficient liquid in your blood, these wastes can accumulate and stay in your kidneys. These clusters of waste are called kidney
stones. Kidney stones can develop to the size of a golf ball while keeping up a sharp, crystalline structure.
The stones might be little and pass unnoticed through the urinary tract; however they can likewise cause extraordinary pain as they leave the body.
Anybody can get a kidney stone, however a few people are more probable than others to have them.
Symptoms of kidney stone include
- Severe pain in the crotch
- blood in urine
- vomiting and nausea
- white blood cells or pus in the pee
- reduced quantity of urine
- burning sensation during urination
- persistent inclination to urinate
- fever and chills if there is a disease
The main sources of kidney stones are
- Lack of water intake
- Obesity
- Family History
Treatment Options for kidney stones
- A little stone may come out without any help
- Medication: Certain meds help stone to pass effectively by loosening up the ureter
- Surgical Options to expel stones that can't pass all alone, pain is a lot to handle, stone is causing disease
- Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL): Shock waves are centred around the stone utilizing X-rays or ultrasound to pinpoint the stone. Continued terminating of shock waves on the stone for the most part makes the stone break into little pieces.
These littler bits of stones pass out in urine over half a month.
- Ureteroscopy (URS): URS includes passing a little telescope, called a ureteroscope, into the bladder, up the ureter and into the kidney. When the urologist sees the stone with the ureteroscope, a little, basket like gadget gets littler
stones and expels them. In the event that a stone is too enormous to consider removing in one piece, it may be broken into little pieces with a laser or other stone-breaking instruments.
Kidney Disease
caused by diabetes, hypertension, and different other constant (long term) conditions.
Types of Kidney Disease
- Chronic Kidney Disease: Chronic kidney illness is a drawn out condition that doesn't improve after some time. It's normally brought about by hypertension.
- Glomerulonephritis : Glomerulonephritis is an irritation of the glomeruli. Glomeruli are little structures inside the kidneys that filter the blood.
- Polycystic kidney ailment: Polycystic kidney ailment is a hereditary issue that causes various cysts (little sacs of liquid) to develop in the kidneys.
