Can kidney stones be broken?

Many patients with kidney stones will feel unbearable pain in the kidneys when acute kidney stones occur. At this time, they must go to the hospital for treatment in time, otherwise kidney stones will take their lives. The most fundamental way to treat kidney stones is to break them up and excrete them from the body. In addition, the most commonly used method in medicine is to use laser to treat kidney stones. So, can kidney stones be broken up?

I believe that friends who know that they have kidney stones want to get these annoying "stones" out of their bodies as soon as possible, otherwise they will feel uncomfortable both physically and mentally.

The internal and external surgical treatment techniques for kidney stones have made significant progress. Twenty or thirty years ago, if the kidney stones were large or complex, the kidney had to be cut open to treat them. The trauma to the body can be imagined. Now with the advent of minimally invasive surgical treatment, it has brought great benefits to patients. There are currently three relatively reliable and mature minimally invasive surgeries, namely percutaneous nephrolithotomy, ureteroscopy, and shock wave lithotripsy.

Although minimally invasive surgery does not require opening the abdomen like traditional surgery, it is still a surgery after all, and there are still certain risks, such as infection, bleeding, ureteral stenosis, etc.

Not all kidney stones require surgery

The doctor said that large and complex stones may require surgical treatment after diagnosis by a urologist; asymptomatic stones, especially those with a diameter of less than 4 mm, generally do not require specific surgical treatment. Drug treatment, combined with daily self-care, can also help expel the stones.

● Kidney stones in the following situations do not require surgery

1. When the smooth round stones are smaller than 0.6 cm, they can be excreted with urine through medication, drinking water and exercise, and no surgery is required.

2. Stones smaller than 1 cm or with irregular shapes can be broken into small stones by extracorporeal shock waves, making them easier to expel and eliminating the need for surgical removal.

●Surgery is required for stones in the following situations

When the stone is larger than 2 cm, surgery is required to remove the stone. If the patient's own kidneys cannot withstand shock wave fragmentation therapy, even stones smaller than 1 cm may require surgical treatment.

Drinking 2000-4000 ml of water every day to increase the daily urine volume will be beneficial to the excretion of small-particle stones; regular high jump and rope skipping exercises can help the stones move downward and be excreted faster.

Nei Jin Licorice Tea can help flush out kidney stones

Nei Jin Gan Cao Tea contains 8 ingredients: chicken gizzard lining, licorice, fresh Imperata root, green tea, Houttuynia cordata, Lophatherum gracile, hawthorn, and monk fruit.

Chicken gizzard lining refers to the inner wall of the gizzard of a domestic chicken, which is a digestive organ used to grind food. This product is one of the traditional Chinese medicines and is very effective in treating indigestion, spermatorrhea, and night sweats. It can also promote the digestion and excretion of kidney stones. Then add Imperata root, licorice, monk fruit and other materials that promote the contraction function of the gallbladder and kidney as auxiliary ingredients to make a tea that is conducive to absorption and excretion.

Clinical observations have shown that the hard stones in the human body are gradually dissolved into mud by this tea juice, and with the contraction of the gallbladder and kidneys and the relaxation of the ureters, these stones dissolved into mud will be smoothly discharged from the body with urine and feces. Moreover, these ingredients can be used as both medicine and food. Drinking them regularly not only has no side effects, but can also help restore the metabolic function of the kidneys and prevent the recurrence of kidney stones.