What are the dangers of extracorporeal lithotripsy for kidney stones

Of course, we should pay attention to the correct method of removing kidney stones. Extracorporeal lithotripsy is a treatment method that is often used nowadays. However, this method has certain defects, cannot be a cure, and will damage our liver and kidneys. It is a very painful process for patients.

1. No cure

Extracorporeal lithotripsy only targets the stones themselves and cannot improve a person's physical condition. Stones are not a part of the human body but are caused by various acquired reasons. Therefore, if you fail to improve your physical condition and just keep breaking the stones, a vicious cycle of stones growing and breaking, breaking and growing, breaking and growing again, growing and breaking again will be formed, and the root cause of the stones will not be cut off. Therefore, surgical treatment is not recommended unless the stone is huge and staghorn-like.

2. Damage to the liver and kidneys

Extracorporeal lithotripsy can damage renal function and the physiological structure of the kidneys and form intrarenal scars, which can affect the normal functioning of the human body and easily lead to various complications. At the same time, it also hinders the effect of drugs in dissolving and removing stones, and makes it very difficult to completely treat the stones.

3. Slow recovery from pain

The pain that repeated lithotripsy surgery brings to patients can be imagined. At the same time, the surgical incision is large and the recovery speed is very slow. After the operation, the patient has to go hungry and cannot eat and move normally, which has a great impact on the patient's daily work and life.

Warm reminder: From the above, it can be seen that extracorporeal lithotripsy not only cannot cure kidney stones, but also causes great harm to body functions and brings great inconvenience to life. Therefore, it is recommended that unless the stones are extremely large, do not take extracorporeal lithotripsy for treatment at will.