What causes kidney stones?

There are many common causes of kidney stones, and the most common causes are mainly related to lifestyle habits. For example, eating meat foods containing oxalic acid, calcium oxalate, or calcium phosphate, or various vegetable foods in daily life, will increase the concentration of uric acid or oxalic acid in urine, which will accumulate in the kidneys and form kidney stones over time. There are also some obstructive diseases or urinary tract inflammation and other diseases. Drinking less water, sweating more, and long-term exposure to ultraviolet rays can also lead to kidney stones.

How to Relieve Kidney Stone Pain

The pain caused by kidney stones is clinically called renal colic. It is mainly caused by the movement of stones in the kidneys, which will cause severe cramping in the waist and abdomen. Some are also accompanied by nausea, vomiting, stomach cold, fever and other discomfort symptoms. In the case of renal colic, you should immediately go to the urology department of the local hospital for formal treatment. The doctor will use intravenous antispasmodics and analgesics to relieve the pain. In addition, kidney stones need to be treated as soon as possible. Small ones can be treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Larger kidney stones require surgery.

Will kidney stones recur?

Kidney stones will recur, because the occurrence of kidney stones is directly related to our usual drinking water, diet, living habits, genetics and certain diseases. Therefore, if you have had kidney stones before, even if you have been completely cured. If you do not pay attention to drinking water, diet, etc., kidney stones are still prone to recurrence, so after the kidney stones are cured, you still need to pay attention to drinking water and diet. You need to pay attention to your diet, try to eat less foods containing calcium and oxalic acid, and you need to drink more water, urinate frequently, dilute urine, and reduce the chance of recurrence of stones. If you also have hyperuricemia or hyperparathyroidism and other diseases, you need to actively treat it according to the primary disease.