3 Tips For Your Kidney Stones Treatment

The kidney is one of the most important pair of organs which keeps the body healthy and fit by maintaining the fluid and ion balance in the human body. It helps in blood purification, urine production, maintains acid-base balance, regulate blood pressure levels, and helps in promoting the production of red blood cells in the body.

The kidney consists of a million tiny filtering units which are known as “Nephrons”. When the blood passes through these filtering units, the kidney purifies the blood and turns the waste into urine. This urine gets collected in the kidney’s pelvis (a funnel shape structure) that drains down through the ureter to the bladder. This balances the water, salt, and minerals present in the body resulting in the normal working of body cells, muscles, nerves, and tissues.

In this process, sometimes, when the blood does not have enough fluids, and the toxic waste is too much, it can accumulate in the kidney. This collection of waste can lead to the formation of kidney stones.

Kidney stones can be of following types:

• Calcium Stone :- This is the most common stone formed in the kidney, and the causative agent for their formation is calcium and oxalate and sometimes calcium and phosphate.
• Uric acid Stone :- These stones occur to an individual when the amount of uric acid present in the urine is high.
• Struvite Stones :- These kidney stones are formed when someone has urinary tract infection.
• Cystine Stones :- These are the rarest kidney stones and affects the individuals who have a genetic disorder.

Kidney stones vary in shape from one person to another. If an individual has small stones, it can pass through the urinary tract and may not notice any symptoms. Whereas, when the kidney stone is large, one many notice symptoms such as:

• Blood in the urine.
• Pain while urinating.
• Back and lower abdomen pain.
• Fever and vomiting.
• Nausea.
• Foul-smelling urine.

To prevent kidney stones formation, Dr. Niren Rao, the best doctor for kidney stone in Delhi, suggests with the following lifestyle changes that one can follow to get rid of kidney stone effectively

1. Drink Enough of Fluids :- It is recommended for an individual to drink 2 to 3 litres of water every day. Staying hydrated is one of the best ways to prevent kidney stones as it will increase the urine output. Including lemon and orange juice can help in preventing stone formation as it contains citrate. When the urine is pale yellow and clear, it indicates that the body is hydrated. Drinking more water can also help to pass a small kidney stone.
2. Increase the intake of calcium-rich food and avoid excess consumption of sodium :- The risk of kidney stone increases when there is a low calcium diet involved, in some individuals. The most common type of kidney stone that occurs is calcium oxalate stones, which is the result of avoiding calcium-rich food intake. Food rich in calcium such as low-fat milk, low-fat yogurt can help in providing calcium to the body. One should avoid a high salt diet as it increases the risk of kidney stones in one’s body. Excess of salt can cause high urine calcium. This calcium further leads to kidney stones. One can avoid processed food, canned soup, chips intake, which includes a high amount of sodium.

3. Medical solutions :- In some cases, the kidney stones are smaller in size, and hence can be treated with the help of medication prescribed by a urologist. But, an individual may complain about severe pain which indicates the complexity and demands proper surgical or sound wave treatment. Surgeries like PCNL (Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy) is a minimally invasive surgery to remove kidney stone of size more than 2cm and mini PCNL helps remove the stone which is smaller in size, for about 7-8mm.

Some lifestyle changes and treatments can help in preventing kidney stones occurrence. Dr. Niren Rao, one of the best kidney stone doctor practising at Dr. Niren Rao’s Urology Practice Clinic, recommends to consult a urologist and undergo proper treatment if an individual is experiencing any of the kidney stone symptoms.

There are many advanced technologies available at Dr. Niren Rao’s Urology Practice in Delhi, such as RIRS (Retrograde Intra-Renal Surgery), URS (Uretero-Renoscopy), and many more that effectively remove kidney stones. Consult today with the best kidney doctor in Delhi, Dr. Niren Rao for further information on kidney stones.