Welcome, by arriving at this article, of course you or anyone you care about is suffering from kidney aches and severe pain. What are the symptoms of kidney stones?

Symptoms of kidney stones

Kidney stones lead to acute pain, but it should be noted that you do not suffer from severe pain while the stones are inside the kidney, but you will suffer from pain as the stone descends into the ureter. The most prominent symptoms of kidney stones are the following:

• The abnormal color of urine with an unpleasant odor, as kidney stones change the color of urine, making it dark, pink, red, or brown. As for the unpleasant odor, it is due to blood in the urine or as a result of a bacterial infection.
• Blood in the urine is one of the most common symptoms of kidney stones. In this case, the urine comes out bright red, bright red, or brown in color, and this indicates that the stone has passed through the urinary system.
• The patient with kidney stones suffers from nausea, and the severity of the nausea ranges from mild to severe with vomiting. This is due to the severity of the pain resulting from the kidney stones or as a result of obstruction of the urinary system.
• Chills are one of the symptoms resulting from the body's response to the severity of pain.
• High temperature and fever as a result of infections related to the urinary system.
• The urgent need to urinate frequently, even if the amount of urine is small. This results from obstruction and irritation of the urinary system due to a kidney stone.
• Urinary retention, where the individual urinates small amounts even though the bladder is full. The bladder does not empty completely even though the individual feels full.

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What are the causes of kidney stones?

After you have learned about the symptoms of kidney stones, you must know the causes. The incidence of kidney stones is due to a number of different reasons that lead to their formation, which are as follows:

• Kidney stones form as a result of a large proportion of harmful chemicals in the body or because of constant dehydration, which increases the concentration of urine passing into the bladder, and thus the crystallization of minerals.
• In 80% of cases, kidney stones are composed of calcium compounds, specifically oxycalcium and calcium phosphate, in addition to other minerals. There are a number of reasons that lead to high calcium levels, such as hyperthyroidism.
• may be formed حصوات الكلى Due to uric acid, and it occurs in a number of cases, including excretion of small amounts of urine, following a diet based on animal proteins, developing gout, or suffering from inflammatory bowel diseases.
• Stones also consist of triphosphate in some cases, and stones are associated with a urinary tract infection. These stones are usually very large, which leads to infection, and these stones require medical treatment.

What are the complications of kidney stones?

If you ignore the matter, the problem of kidney stone symptoms increases and causes serious health problems, as it may lead to narrowing of the ureter or complete blockage, which necessarily leads to infection, and the accumulation of urine leads to kidney damage.

Diagnosis and treatment methods

After the patient notices the symptoms of kidney stones, he goes to a urologist, who diagnoses kidney stones so that he can determine the appropriate treatment for the condition. A number of necessary procedures are performed for diagnosis, where the patient is asked to do a blood test by examining blood levels to identify the percentage of uric acid and calcium, which are effective in the formation of kidney stones.

Urine is also examined by testing for the presence of blood or infection in the urine. The doctor may also request a diagnosis of kidney stones via a CT scan. Ultrasound waves can be used to help break up very small stones, and this is through the entry of sound waves into the urinary tract, which is the same method used for pregnant women instead of exposure to radiation.

In fact, there are several methods available to treat kidney stones, and the appropriate method depends on the size of the stone, its location, and the patient’s health condition. The most prominent of these treatment methods are:

• Use analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs to relieve pain and inflammation.
• Using diuretics to expel stones through urine.
• Also by using shock waves to break up the stone into small pebbles that are easy to expel through urine.
• A laser is used to break up the stone.

One must be careful to drink sufficient amounts of water, to increase urine output and thus expel stones easily, while eating some foods and drinks that are beneficial for this, such as lemon and apples, and be careful to avoid eating foods rich in both animal protein and sodium.

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