Is gravel harmful to the human body?

Common sites for stone growth include kidney, urethra and stomach stones. Kidney and urethra stones can seriously affect a person's normal urinary system function. At this time, it is necessary to actively cooperate with the doctor's treatment. Some smaller stones can be expelled from the body through medication, but larger stones require surgical treatment. Lithotripsy is a common treatment for patients with stones. What are the complications after lithotripsy?

Management of complications after lithotripsy

Common complications of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy include hematuria, colic, and fever. After treatment, almost all patients will experience varying degrees of hematuria. The vast majority of patients experience transient gross hematuria. Generally, the hematuria will be reduced or disappear after 1 to 2 urinations and does not require special treatment. However, in extremely rare cases of severe hematuria, patients should be advised to rest in bed and be given hemostatic drugs or even blood transfusions.

Colic is mostly caused by the failure of kidney stones to be crushed and discharged quickly, leading to ureteral obstruction and thus acute ureteral stone obstruction. Generally, antispasmodic and analgesic drugs can provide relief. If the symptoms persist, the obstructing stones should be crushed after a certain period of time.

Fever is mainly caused by stone fragments blocking the urinary tract, or the presence of chronic urinary tract infection and infectious stones before treatment. To prevent the occurrence of fever, patients with chronic urinary tract infection should be given anti-infection treatment before lithotripsy; during treatment, the stones should be crushed into small particles as much as possible to avoid obstruction of the urinary tract after lithotripsy; if fever occurs after treatment, antibiotics should be actively given to control it and the obstruction should be relieved in time. If the fever is severe and the urinary tract obstruction cannot be relieved quickly, percutaneous nephrostomy should be considered. In addition, extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy may also cause damage to adjacent organs, but the incidence is extremely low.