Stating that kidney stone disease is a rare disease, Acıbadem Kayseri Hospital Urology Specialist Assoc. Dr. Sevket Tolga Tombul; “While kidney and urinary system stones are seen with a frequency ranging from 1% to 20% in the world geography, they are seen in 11 to 15% in our country. Although kidney stones seem so rare, they can be seen in patients of all ages, so they differ in terms of patient diversity. Kidney stones are frequently encountered from 3-month-old babies to 80-year-olds.” Dr. “Kidney stones may present with patient complaints such as obstruction in the urinary canals in the urinary kidney system, flank pain due to swelling in the kidneys, vomiting, nausea, burning and bleeding in the urine, and sometimes inability to urinate completely by obstructing the urethra, that is, in the last part of the urinary canal,” says Tombul. spoke. Assoc. Dr. Tombul said;
“It can recur at a rate of 50 percent in the first 5 years. For this reason, it is also important to check the patients who have been treated for the first stone attack at regular intervals. Kidney stones can show symptoms such as unilateral and sudden onset, flank pain, pain in the flank, pain in the groin, burning in urination, difficulty in urination and frequent urination. Bleeding in the urine can be detected in our analysis. After the location of the stones is determined in ultrasonography and computerized tomography, which are the imaging systems, we start the appropriate treatment methods.”
Assoc. Dr. Mentioning that the main treatment method is surgery, Tombul said, “Our primary treatment method in kidney stones is surgery. However, the appropriate location and size before surgery; The method of breaking with shock waves (ESWL) applied from outside the body can also be applied to the stones in the kidney and in the part of the canal called the ureter close to the kidney. Endoscopic (Closed) surgeries using high-tech energy devices (holmium laser) are applied in cases where fracture cannot be performed. Pee It is possible to enter the kidney from the kidney via the path of the kidney or from the back into the kidney with endoscopic equipment, and the stones can be broken and taken out of the body.” Underlining that patients should pay attention to their own living standards, Assoc. Dr. Plump, overweight patients to lose weight; recommended that they eat a salt-free diet and, most importantly, increase their daily fluid intake. Assoc. Dr. Regarding the daily fluid need, Tombul said, “When we talk about increasing fluid intake, we are talking about normal water intake. In other words, only good water intake can reduce the possibility of recurrence of stone disease and the growth rate of existing stones. Water should be consumed in such a way that the daily urine volume does not fall below 2.5 liters. It is possible for stone patients to prevent stone formation or recurrence by consuming 3 to 3.5 liters of water a day.”
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