Clinical Symptoms
The main symptom of kidney stones is severe pain. Many other urinary symptoms may result from the presence of the stones. Usually, there is general weakness and sometimes fever. Laboratory examination of the urine and any passed stones help determine treatment.
Treatment
General treatment may include several considerations.
Fluid intake
A large fluid intake is a primary therapy that helps to produce a more dilute urine and prevent accumulation of materials that form stones.
Stone composition. In some cases, dietary control of the stone constituents may help reduce the recurrence of such stone formation, thus helping to prevent the accumulation of these metabolic sub¬stances in the urine available for stone formation.
Urinary pH
In the past, urinary pH was given much emphasis in relation to diet therapy for renal stones, but for some years now has been questioned. Research has indicated that acidification of the urine by traditional acid/alkaline ash diets may have little effect on urinary tract infections or the formation of stones in the urinary tract, because calculation methods for determining the effect of specific foods, urinary pH have not proved to be valid. It is only in general, not precise, terms that vegetables, fruits, and milk are called alkaline ash foods or that meat, cheese, eggs, and whole grains are called acid ash foods. A desired pH of the urine is better achieved by medical means than by traditional acid/alkaline ash diets.
Binding agents
Materials that bind potentia stone elements in the intestine can prevent their absorption and eliminate them from the body. Hi example, sodium phytate is used to bind calcium and aluminum gels are used to bind phosphite Glycine has a similar effect on oxalates.
The main symptom of kidney stones is severe pain. Many other urinary symptoms may result from the presence of the stones. Usually, there is general weakness and sometimes fever. Laboratory examination of the urine and any passed stones help determine treatment.
Treatment
General treatment may include several considerations.
Fluid intake
A large fluid intake is a primary therapy that helps to produce a more dilute urine and prevent accumulation of materials that form stones.
Stone composition. In some cases, dietary control of the stone constituents may help reduce the recurrence of such stone formation, thus helping to prevent the accumulation of these metabolic sub¬stances in the urine available for stone formation.
Urinary pH
In the past, urinary pH was given much emphasis in relation to diet therapy for renal stones, but for some years now has been questioned. Research has indicated that acidification of the urine by traditional acid/alkaline ash diets may have little effect on urinary tract infections or the formation of stones in the urinary tract, because calculation methods for determining the effect of specific foods, urinary pH have not proved to be valid. It is only in general, not precise, terms that vegetables, fruits, and milk are called alkaline ash foods or that meat, cheese, eggs, and whole grains are called acid ash foods. A desired pH of the urine is better achieved by medical means than by traditional acid/alkaline ash diets.
Binding agents
Materials that bind potentia stone elements in the intestine can prevent their absorption and eliminate them from the body. Hi example, sodium phytate is used to bind calcium and aluminum gels are used to bind phosphite Glycine has a similar effect on oxalates.
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