Treatment of kidney stones are divided into two by size. If still relatively small, the stone can still be through the urinary tract without having surgery to remove it. Your doctor will usually advise patients to do the appropriate preventive treatment, by drinking enough water every day. With the liquid flow continuously, it is expected that a small kidney stones can be pushed out by itself.
If the white water is considered not enough, your doctor may prescribe medication to help smooth expenditure kidney stones, for example tamsulosin.
If the patient has symptoms felt quite disturbing, doctors usually prescribe enough painkillers, such as paracetamol, ibuprofen and codeine. In addition to pain relief, the doctor will give you medication to handle symptoms of nausea and vomiting. Alpha inhibitors are also available to make the walls of the ureter become more relaxed. The goal is that kidney stones can pass through more easily.
Treatment of kidney stones with surgery is rarely done. This measure will be applied if the stone is sized so that clog the urinary tract of patients. If not promptly treated, it is feared these conditions can cause severe health problems, such as bleeding or kidney damage. Procedures for handling large kidney stones are:
- Ureterorenoskopi, namely the appointment procedure of kidney stones by using a tool called ureteroskop inserted into the ureter through the urethra and bladder. The urethra is the latest channel to discharge urine from the bladder to outside the body. Device resembling a small tube and fitted the camera can see the location of kidney stones. Once the location is known, the stone will be destroyed. Ureterorenoskopi usually done to treat stones trapped in the ureter.
- Surgery open. In modern times, as now, this procedure has actually been relatively rare and only performed to remove kidney stones that are very large. As the name implies, open surgery is done by making an incision on the surface of the skin near the kidney and ureter that serves as an access for the surgeon to remove kidney stones.
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy or ESWL abbreviated, the procedure for destruction of kidney stones by using wave energy. Crushed stone that the fractures can come out easily.
- Percutaneous nephrolithotomy PCNL or abbreviated, namely the procedure for destruction of kidney stones. A small incision is made on the surface of the skin near the kidney, so a tool called nephroscope can go to break and lift the kidney stone chips.
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