The urinary tract in us humans constitute of those organs that are concerned with the production, storage and discharge of urine, which is a waste product secreted by the kidneys.  The urinary system is made up of a pair of kidneys – where urine is excreted; a pair of ureters – through which urine flows down to the bladder; urinary bladder – where urine is temporarily retained; and the urethra – the canal through which urine is eliminated out.

How to Treat & Cure Urolithiasis

Urinary tract diseases come in different forms.  Urinary tract stone, also known as urolithiasis is a common occurrence, especially in those individuals who resides in hot climatic conditions and are poor water consumers.

What is urolithiasis ?

Urine as stated earlier is a waste material that contains chemical ions and mineral elements.  When these compounds are in higher concentration levels in this solution, and when the environmental condition within the urinary tract becomes appropriate, these elements combine to form crystals which later go on to further clump together to form stone-like masses of various shapes and sizes.

Now, these masses can develop anywhere in the urinary tract and its composition can differ.  Identifying the crystalline composition of stones is important, as well as determining its size and location so that one can take appropriate treatment measures.

Types of Urolithiasis

Urolithiasis is something that is distinguishable as a variety.  The different types are – calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate, uric acid, cystine, and magnesium phosphate stones.

What are the Urolithiasis symptoms?

Small sized stones generally do not bring about any symptoms.  But if the clusters formed are numerous or large in size, enough to block normal urine flow, then abdominal or lower back or groin pain may be experienced accompanied by nausea, vomiting, slight variations in body temperatures, and sometimes blood in urine.

Urolithiasis treatment modalities

ESWL – this is a non-invasive treatment method generally used to get rid of stones that are under 2 cm in size.  Several jolts of sound waves are passed through the person’s body to break the stones into tiny bits, so that they travel more easily out through the urinary tract along with the passage of urine.

Ureteroscopic with ablation and/or extraction – a process where an ureteroscope is first inserted via the urethra to view the entire urinary system to locate the stone.  In cases where the stone is large, a laser device is inserted to fragment the stones which are later snared out using an instrument with a basket attached to it.  All of this is done under general anesthesia.

An open surgery is usually done for removal of stones larger than 2 cm in size.

Natural remedies for urolithiasis

A person who has ever gone through the pain from passing a kidney stone, or undergone a surgical procedure for stone removal, will almost certainly look for home options to prevent the stones from occurring again.

–       These individuals will need to up their intake of water daily, drink as much water as they can to keep the urine solution well diluted, and to increase their frequency of urination for faster elimination of waste materials.

–       Dairy products actually prevent the formation of certain kidney stone types.  So next time a glass of milk is offered to you, do not refuse.

–       Avoid meat and meat products or at least minimize meat eating and make it a once a week ritual.  Following a meat-free diet have helped several stone sufferers in reducing its recurrence.

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