Potential Symptoms For Kidney Stones

Kidney stones may extremely excruciating. A large group of humans, who have been affected by kidney stones, have recounted that “it are the nearest to childbirth a male will come”. Personally, I have never had a kidney stone, nor am I looking forward to being diagnosed with them. However, I have spoken with family members who have went through kidney stones. This experience has caused me learn more about kidney stones, their treatment. Before we can treat kidney stones, it is important to know additional information about kidney stones.

Kidney stones are manufactured in the kidneys. I acknowledge this statement may be obvious , but We desired to review this factoid out of the way early. Kidney stones consist of excreted substances, among these are calcium. Medline Plus states, “Calcium can combine with other substances, such as oxalate (the most common substance), phosphate, or carbonate to form the stone. Oxalate is present in certain foods. Diseases of the small intestine increase the risk of forming calcium oxalate stones.” (Kidney Stones, n.d.)

Substances like calcium, make crystals which stick together. As more crystals join with other crystals, a kidney stone can be built. Very similar to a snow flake, these crystals will not have very smooth sides. Kidney Stone Symptoms states, “…kidney stones which is a jagged little rock like formation which causes a great deal of pain to pass through with urine.” (The Problem With Kidney Stone Symptoms, 2009) Each crystal has several jagged edges. Rough edges tend to make kidney stones so uncomfortable.

As kidney stones are being pushed by kidney area through the urinary tract, kidney stones will move to the ureters. Ureters are the tubes whose function is to transport substances from the kidneys and take it to the bladder. impossible to] imagine amount of] pain caused be made] when our bodies move very pointed kidney stones through such small tubes.

The [shape and makeup of every kidney stones] are not always the only things that produce pain. The ureters’ movement type may increase the discomfort. Ureters move in “waves”. The ureters contract and expand. One part of each ureter contracts and then expands, then the second part then expands]. This “wave” motion transports fluid through the ureters. When the ureters contract and expand on the kidney stone, it is much like holding glass shards in your hand and squeezing your fist. You can imagine the pain produced|resulting pain].

There are many symptoms that often indicate kidney stones including:

1. Bleeding: As the ureters contract on each kidney stone, the stones pointed edges can slice the ureters’ tissues. As with similar tissue injury, this is known to produce bleeding. This bleeding has to come out of the body. Such bleeding may show up in your urine. Any bleeding in your urine, is not normal of the urination process. If you experience blood while urinating, then you should talk to a physician.

2. Abdominal pain: We have already spoken about the pain that can come along with kidney stones. You are probably asking yourself, “why then we would mention abdominal pain?” This type of pain might be tricky. Often abdominal pain can be felt as “referred pain”. “Referred pain” is when pain originates in one part of our bodies but can be felt in another.

3. Urinary problems: Kidney stones may produce issues pertaining to urination. Kidney stones can produce the urine’s color to change and effect the frequency of urination. WebMD states, “Frequent and painful urination, which may occur when the stone is in the ureter or after the stone has left the bladder and is in the urethra.” (Kidney Stones – Symptoms, 2009)

4. Genital Pain: We may imagine the [level of] pain manufactured when jagged] kidney stones arrive at the bladder and are transported to the genital area. YGOY states, “The pain is described as colicky pain or the worst pain ever experienced.” (Kidney Stone Symptoms, n.d.)

5. Secondary Infections: Kidney stones can cause secondary infections such as urinary tract infections.

6. Other General Symptoms: Kidney stones may also cause back pain, nausea, and vomitting, lack of energy, and general malaise.

There is one important thing to keep in mind, like most medical issues, kidney stones do not always present the same way. We have described the most common kidney stone symptoms; however, which symptoms are displayed, their severity, and frequency can vary from person to person. Symptoms can also vary depending on the size of the kidney stones. Kidney stones can range from small stones that pass easily to very large stones that require surgery.

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References:
Kidney Stones – Symptoms. 2009. WebMD. Retrieved on January 28, 2010 from http://www.webmd.com/kidney-stones/kidney-stones-symptoms
The Problem With Kidney Stone Symptoms. 2009. KidneyStonesSymptoms.net. Retrieved on January 28, 2010 from http://www.kidneystonesymptoms.net/
Kidney Stones, n.d. Medline Plus. Retrieved January 28, 2010 from http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000458.htm
Kidney Stone Symptoms, n.d. YGOY.com. Retrieved on January 28, 2010 from http://www.ygoy.com/index.php/kidney-stone-symptoms/

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