85-90% of stones are associated with diet and lifestyle habits.
Most people who suffer from kidney stones are asymptomatic. That is why, until they do not move inside the kidney or come out of it, appearing the well-known nephritic colic, they are not aware of it.
Most people who suffer from kidney stones are asymptomatic. That is why, until the stones or calculi do not move inside the kidney or come out of it -appearing the well-known nephritic colic- they are not aware that they have them.
The typical pain associated with kidney stones is that of nephritic colic. This pain that everyone has heard of, which begins suddenly in the lumbar region, radiates to the genital or abdominal area and may be associated with the presence of nausea or vomiting, occurs when a stone is mobilized, obstructing the outflow of urine from the kidney. This is undoubtedly the fundamental symptom of stone presentation. In fact, it does not have to be only a kidney stone, it can be in another location such as the ureter, which is the most common. The pain of nephritic colic is usually relieved or reduced by applying heat or hot water immersion baths. Unlike the pain of lumbago, back pain or muscle contracture, the pain of colic is not modified by changing position.
Within the symptomatology that produces the renal calculus, it can also arise:
Fundamentally, 85-90% of stones are associated with diet and lifestyle habits in the western world today. We drink little amount of water and more amount of other substances that can dehydrate or that have a lot of sugar, favoring the presence of stones. Also diets very rich in proteins, with low amounts of fruits and vegetables, all this being a breeding ground that favors lithogenesis, which is the scientific name for the formation of stones in the urinary tract.
Most of the stones are formed by the metabolic syndrome, which also causes hypertension and diabetes. The most frequent spectrum that specialists in this pathology encounter is middle-aged, hypertensive, obese and diabetic men.
There is a very specific type of calculus, with a very small percentage (less than 1%) of calculi associated with cystine, a hereditary disease that has an autosomal recessive inheritance. There may be a certain familial association in patients who have other diseases with this characteristic, which are associated, for example, with hyperparathyroidism, MEN syndromes, all these endocrine-metabolic diseases that have their clinical manifestation with the formation of kidney stones.
Factors that increase the risk of developing kidney stones are:
A person with a double J catheter can lead a more or less normal life as long as the catheter allows. It is recommended to drink plenty of water or fluids and avoid holding the urge to urinate too much. As far as work is concerned, a double J catheter does not prevent you from working, as long as the work is not excessively physical. There would be no inconvenience in exercising, but it could have a series of consequences associated with it, such as blood with urine.
A healthy, varied, Mediterranean diet should be followed, abundant in water, avoiding salt, not only that which is added, but also that which comes from some foods such as cold cuts, avoiding sugars and reducing the intake of saturated fats.
Many studies have been done on this. What they have been able to say is that, if the water you drink from the tap is good, with little calcification, there would be no problem in terms of the creation of stones. If it is mineral water, which is bought in supermarkets, it is important to look at the label and buy the one with the lowest sodium concentration.
The loss of the renal unit can occur in those patients with stones that show few or no symptoms, since they grow silently and become large.
Comparative study between Holmium laser and superpulsed Thulium laser for the treatment of renal lithiasis.
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