Help To Treat Kidney Stones
WHAT ARE THESE ROCK THINGS, ANYWAY?
Also called renal calculi in medical terminology which has the Latin origin ren or renes meaning “kidney” and calculi meaning “pebbles”, kidney stones are solid concretions or crystal aggregations formed in the kidneys from suspended urinary minerals. Calcium is absorbed from food in excess and is lost into the urine. Uric acid stones are another type of stones.
While certain foods may promote stone formation in people who are susceptible, scientists do not believe that eating any specific food causes stones to form in people who are not susceptible. Doctors do not always know the reason behind the stone formation. Blood and urine tests help detect any abnormal substance that might promote stone formation.
Urinary tract infections, kidney disorders such as cystic kidney diseases, and certain metabolic disorders such as hyperparathyroidism are also linked to stone formation. In patients with hyperoxaluria, the body produces too much oxalate, a salt.
In addition, more than 70 percent of people with a rare hereditary disease called renal tubular acidosis develop kidney stones. Hypercalciuria is inherited and it may be the cause of stones in more than half of patients.
TRACING THE STONES
Kidney stones are treated according to their sizes, that’s why they need to know where the stones are held inside your body. Diagnostic images give the doctor important information about the stone’s size and location. If the stone is too large to pass easily, pain continues as the muscles in the wall of the narrow ureter try to squeeze the stone into the bladder. As the stone moves down the ureter, closer to the bladder, a person may feel the need to urinate more often or feel a burning sensation during urination. If the stones stay small enough, they can travel through the urinary tract and exit the body through the urine without being noticed.
Most stones pass out of the body without any intervention by a physician.
THE ROCK BANDIT’S YESTERDAY AND TODAY
Children today seem to live a lifestyle that puts them at risk of kidney stones, meaning they consume sugar-filled drinks and a fast-food diet that is high in sodium, a known risk factor in the formation of kidney stones, says Gary Faerber, MD, a urologist at the University of Michigan Health System.
Men are more prone to have stones than women. Additionally, stones are often caused by dehydration, either by not drinking enough liquid or losing too much due to high heat conditions.
However, kidney stones tend to be way down on the list of possible problems for most people.
SOME NATURAL REMEDIES
Your diet may very well affect kidney stone formation. If you don’t want to get these BAND-its forming inside your natural filters, then “wash” them away by drinking water! That is the primary thing to do for prevention!
Do you want to treat your stones in an all-new, refreshing and savoury way? Well, worry no more. Lessen the intake of calcium and take magnesium.
Watermelons would also be very advisable for patients of kidney stones. These include Couch Grass and Cleavers.
