What to do if a stone is stuck in the urethra

If a person does not pay attention to his or her diet and daily living habits, it will cause kidney damage and may also cause kidney stones. Kidney stones can be very painful and require laser treatment to remove. Some people's kidney stones will slide into the urethra. If the stone is stuck in the urethra, it will have a great impact on the urethra. Let’s find out what happens if a stone gets stuck in the urethra.

1. Why do stones get stuck in the urethra?

The stones are irregular in shape and stuck in the urethra. Generally, stones smaller than 0.6 cm can be discharged from the body with urine. If the shapes are irregular, some of them can be stuck in the urethra. It is recommended to drink more water and push hard when you feel the urge to urinate to see if the increased pressure can discharge them. If they cannot be discharged, if you can feel the position of the stone, you can massage the position of the stone to move it, and then urinate to see if it can be discharged. If it still doesn't work, it is recommended to go to the urology department of the hospital to use a cystoscope to remove or perform lithotripsy.

2. Preventive and therapeutic measures for urinary stones

1. Drink plenty of water to ensure 1500ml of urine per day. Pay special attention to drinking water at night. Drinking water can prevent urinary stones and help excrete smaller urinary stones.

2. If the urinary stones are not large, with a diameter of less than 1 cm, there is no urinary tract infection or obstruction, and the kidney function is still good, non-surgical treatment can be tried, including drinking more water, more exercise, and taking Chinese medicine that is conducive to the excretion of stones. For example, drinking Yuxuan tea is helpful in dissolving and excreting stones.

3. If the stones are large and are unlikely to be expelled on their own, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy can be used. This is a method that uses underwater high-voltage discharge to cause explosive vaporization of water, releasing huge energy, thus generating supersonic shock waves in the water. This powerful shock wave is focused to concentrate the scattered force, aiming at the urinary stones in the human body, breaking the stones into pieces, which are then excreted with urine.

4. The last option is surgery to remove the urinary stones, especially for those who have been blocked for a long time, or are large urinary stones, or whose kidney function has been affected and need to be cured as soon as possible. Doctors will consider this option.

3. Precautions for patients with urinary stones

1. Drinking water: The best drink in the world is boiled water. Patients with urinary stones should drink more water and the water quality should be good. Drink 2000-3000ml of water every day.

2. Frequent urination, urgency and pain during urination. You should increase the frequency of urination and never hold your urine, otherwise the urine will precipitate and concentrate, which may induce stones.

3. Do more exercise, such as running, jumping, and exercising. If there are small stones in the early stage, they will be excreted through urine as you exercise. If you lack exercise and water intake for a long time, small stones will accumulate like a snowball and grow bigger.

4. Lifestyle habits: Drink less beer, which is also one of the causes of stones.