Bladder stones can cause kidney failure

Symptoms of bladder stones are easily confused with prostate enlargement, bladder tumors. If not detected and treated promptly, bladder stones are more likely to lead to complications such as retrograde nephritis, kidney failure .

Bladder stones (Photo: SK & ĐS) Bladder stones are a common disease in adults, accounting for about one-third of cases of stones in the urinary system. The disease occurs in both men and women, but men have a higher incidence.

In the case of small, uncomplicated cystitis, there is no clogging of the urinary tract. Many people accidentally discovered the disease when taking X-rays of the abdomen, pelvis because of another disease.

Big stones cause irritation, compression, blockage of the bladder and urethra junction, causing pain in the lower part of the abdomen, spreading towards the genitals or perineum, the pain exacerbates. end of urinal yard. Male patients should often squeeze the tip of the penis to relieve pain. Many people also have urination, dysuria, and urinary retention during each urination. Even in some cases, urinary retention completely causes urine to stagnate in the bladder, the bladder swells up to create a 'bladder bridge' on the pubic bone.

When suffering from bladder infection due to stones, patients will suffer from urination, urination, cloudy urine, blood in the urine, especially at the end of the yard. If not diagnosed and treated early will lead to complications of acute and chronic cystitis, bladder atrophy, bladder leakage, urine flowing into the perineum or vagina, urine flowing through the vagina or anus causes many inconveniences in daily life and causes infections. Besides, there are two other very dangerous complications: retrograde kidney inflammation and kidney failure. These two complications are costly and very dangerous for life.

Symptoms of bladder stones have many clinical features that are easily confused with diseases such as prostate enlargement and bladder tumors. Therefore, to correctly diagnose the disease and prevent complications, when there are signs of the disease as mentioned above, must go to the urologist immediately.

Bladder stones are caused by many causes, including stones from the kidney and ureters falling, small stones that patients can discharge out of the urine but large stones will be blocked and will become bigger for a long time. gradually rising due to the gravel deposits continue to cling. It is also possible that bladder stones form due to the fact that patients use drugs to treat other diseases that have many substances that cause precipitation and deposition causing stones. Some cases are caused by bladder neck obstruction diseases such as prostate enlargement, narrowing of the urethra, bladder excess or due to an object in the bladder, from which the debris gradually clings to build up into stones.

For prevention, every day need to drink 1.5 liters of water . The people who are treating medical conditions must use the drug as a precaution to drink plenty of water, avoiding the accumulation of gravel causing stones (to avoid kidney stones and bladder stones). When gravel and bladder infection occur, the patient must pay attention to clean the urinary tract and use antibiotics as directed by the physician. Depending on the level of gravel, the doctor will order surgery or laparoscopic surgery. At present, provincial and central hospitals can manage bladder stones very well. Patients should be detected early to have good treatment results, avoid unfortunate complications.

Doctor Nguyen Trung Dung