Kidney Stones, Recognize How To Prevent To Proper Treatment

Illustration of kidney stones (Freepic)

JAKARTA - Kidney stones are common medical conditions and can be very painful. These stones are formed when certain substances in urine, such as calcium, oxalat, and gout, crystallize and accumulate in the kidneys.

Although kidney stones can occur to anyone, there are several steps that can be taken to prevent and treat this condition so that it doesn't get worse.

dr. Alberth Ivan Parasian Sp.U, an urologist specialist at Eka Hospital Permata Hijau, revealed the risk factor for kidney stones. He said that the main factor for a person experiencing kidney stones is the lack of drinking or fluid.

dr. Alberth said the ideal amount of drink for patients with kidney stone disease on average had to drink at least 3 liters of liquid per day. He recommends drinking with balanced pH, such as water and milk.

"Adult patients who have kidney stones are advised to drink enough liquid to produce at least 2.5 liters of urine per day," said dr. Alberth, when met in the Gambir area, Central Jakarta on Tuesday, November 26, 2024

In addition to lack of drinking or fluids, dr. Alberth said a person's factors were affected by kidney stones, including:

- Eating red meat and high protein foods excessively- Consumption of food and high- sugar and sodium (garm) drinks- Consumption of vitamin C supplements without the supervision of doctors- Obesity- Having a family history with kidney stones- Experiencing regular blockage of certain drug urinary tracts, such as diuretics, antics, or anti-excitation- Having certain medical conditions, such as diabetes, gout arthritis, and hypertension.

dr. Alberth explained 10 ways to prevent kidney stones, namely:

- Drink a lot of water, which is 2.5-3 liters every day- Regularly drinking all day- Choose drinks with pH-Netrals such as water or milk- Eat more vegetables and fruit- Reduce eating meat or animal protein- Reduce foods containing lots of oxalats, such as spinach,ALmon, and black tea.- Reduce foods that contain high levels of gout- Weight loss to ideal-reducing salt-eating by limiting salt intake (no more than 3-5 grams per day)- Eating enough calcium (1000-1200 mg calcium per day).

In dealing with it, proper treatment can certainly increase the patient's life expectancy. dr. Albert said, not all kidney diseases require serious treatment. If there are no complaints in patients with small kidney stones, it is recommended that only a regular control schedule.

"But if kidney stones continue to grow bigger or cause back pain and repeated fever, then this is where treatment is needed," said dr. Alberth.

Kidney stones can often heal with the right treatment. In some cases, kidney stones can come out by themselves without surgery, especially for small stones and lots of drinking patients.

dr. Alberth said a rock measuring less than 4 mm could come out on its own in 1-2 weeks. Meanwhile, larger kidney stones may take about 2-3 weeks to completely disappear.

Larger size of kidney stones may require treatment with drugs or special procedures, such as:

- Drugs to relax the urinary tract so that rocks can pass through pain reliever - Shockwave lithotripy to break through rocks so that they can get out of the body more easily - Ureteroscopy to destroy and take kidney stones from the uretra and bladder using a special device - Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, which is a procedure to insert a small tube into the kidneys with small incisions to destroy kidney stones with the help of usg-pangoscopy, a minimal invasive surgical process for removing kidney stones.