Kidney stone treatment and avoid recurrance

What healthy kidney does?

• Removes wastage and toxins

• Maintains vitamins and minerals level

  • Pushes needed vitamins and minerals to blood again

  • Releases extra vitamins, minerals, protein thro' urine

• Balances water level

  • Removes excess water.

  • Preserve water and don't pass thro urine, if body has less water. So, urine will appear yellowish.

• Maintains blood pressure

  • Secrets hormone to do it.

• Maintains red blood cells

  • Secrets hormone to do it.

Kidney stone formation

What is kidney stone made up of?

Most commonly stones form from calcium, but they can also form from a variety of other materials including uric acid from gout. Doctors have found four main types of kidney stones:

• The most common types of stones contain calcium. Calcium is a normal part of a healthy diet. Calcium that is not used by the bones and muscles goes to the kidneys. In most people, the kidneys flush out the extra calcium with the rest of the urine. People who have calcium stones keep the calcium in their kidneys. The calcium that stays behind joins with other waste products to form a stone. People can have calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate stones. Calcium oxalate stones are more common.

• A uric acid stone may form when the urine contains too much acid. People who eat a lot of meat, fish, and shellfish may get uric acid stones.

• A struvite stone may form after you have a kidney infection.

• Cystine stones result from a genetic disorder, meaning a problem passed from parent to child. The disorder causes cystine to leak through the kidneys and into the urine.

What do kidney stones look like?

Kidney stones vary in size and shape. Stones may be as small as a grain of sand or as large as a pearl. Some stones are even as big as golf balls. Stones may be smooth or jagged and are usually yellow or brown.

Why do kidney stones form?

Kidney stones mostly form from minor metabolic problems associated with filtration or absorption of electrolytes.

Treatment

Removal by his own

Ayurveda

It has been stated in Ayurveda, the ancient Indian medicinal text, that the banana stem juice is good for passing or dissolving kidney stones.

A research paper published at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8044524 explains the test carried out to verify this. This verification confirms that banana stem helps to remove kidney stone.

I used this treatment for my relative. In my case, I took lab test before and after the banana stem juice consumption. Test done were x-rays, ultrasound and IVP. This result confirms that kidney stone size and quantity both reduces significantly. Many small size stones were cleared off fully.

Increase fluid intake

Small stones get pushed out if lots of water is taken. As a simple method to increase water intake, I committed that I will take two full glass of water whenever I feel thirsty.

Removal by procedure

Shockwave lithotripsy

Shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) is generally performed as an outpatient procedure with the patient under general anesthesia.

SWL works by focusing intense sound waves on the stone, causing the stone to shatter while minimizing the effect on surrounding tissue. The small pieces of stone then wash out of the kidney with normal urine flow, usually with little or no discomfort.

Ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy

Ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy are typically performed as a same-day procedure with the patient under general anesthesia. During the procedure, the urologist passes a small scope through the urinary opening into the bladder and from there up into the ureter, the small tube that drains urine from the kidney to the bladder. Once the stones are located, they are targeted with a laser that breaks the stone into smaller pieces, which are then extracted, or into tiny pieces of dust that wash out of the kidney with normal urine flow.

Often, a small tube, called a stent, will be placed temporarily to help the kidney drain after the operation. The stent is completely internal, and is generally removed after 3-10 days. Removal is performed quickly and easily in the office without the need for anesthesia.

Although slightly more invasive than SWL, ureteroscopy may be the preferred option if you have certain types of hard stones that don’t respond to SWL, or a stone that is not visible on X-ray. In addition, ureteroscopy is often preferable to SWL for stones that are low in the urinary tract, in the region approaching the bladder.

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy

The urologist and radiologist work together to create a channel directly into the drainage system of the kidney through a small incision in the back, typically no larger than a dime.

The urologist is then able to use a set of specialized equipment to shatter the stones, which are then either vacuumed or plucked out of the kidney. A drainage tube or stent is then left in place temporarily to help the kidney to drain. For exceptionally large or complicated stones, a second “clean-up” procedure may be necessary. Most patients can be discharged within 24 hours of their procedure.

What are the chances of having another kidney stone after the first episode?

Unfortunately, patients are very prone to recurrent stones after their first episode. In fact over 50 percent of patients will have another stone episode after their first episode.

What to do for permanent remedy?

To cure it forever, patient need to eliminate root-cause. By removing stone, symptom is removed. However, since blood impurity and kidney health causes it, patient should take advice to cure them. Correct ayurvedic treatment detoxifies blood, improves health of kidney.Lifestyle causing repeated intoxification of blood should be changed. Healthy practice include no for junk food, good amount of water intake, adding varieties of fruits and vegetables in diet.

Questions to ask when kidney stone removal is needed by procedure

Will it remove stone completely from all affected kidneys?

How many sittings needed to completely remove kidney stone?

Due to this procedure, What will be short-term and long-term impact on Kidneys/urinary bladder?

What was the reason to select procedure considering multiple options are available?

What will be chance that issue will recur? Will this procedure helps to reduce it

Reference

http://urology.wustl.edu/en/Patient-Care/Kidney-Stones/Surgery-for-Kidney-Stones

http://urologytimes.modernmedicine.com/urology-times/news/modernmedicine/modern-medicine-news/shock-wave-lithotripsy-vs-ureteroscopy-stone-

http://healthcare.utah.edu/urology/conditions/kidney-stones.php

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN3MFhYPWWo

http://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/health-topics/urologic-disease/kidney-stones-in-adults/Pages/ez.aspx

http://www.stylecraze.com/articles/banana-stem-juice-for-kidney-stone-and-weight-loss/