Sunday, August 24, 2008

Beware of hot days in kidney stones

Summer season, some people will feel a sudden burst of lumbar very severe abdominal cramps, cold sweats Tongde straight, or even Quanqu the body roll, and sometimes nausea and vomiting. Many people think that this kind of "belly pain" is a problem with the digestive system, could hardly realize that this is "renal colic." Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, director of urology subsidiary Ruijin Hospital, said Professor Shen Zhoujun, renal colic is the most common causes of urinary tract stones, many of the disease in the summer, need attention. The body has nothing to do with whether or not strong Professor Shen said that the renal colic general in the renal pelvis stones from within, or from the pelvis into the ureter in the course of the movement to stimulate the urinary tract, a kidney, waist or abdomen of severe pain and even radiation to the thigh. And urinary system more than calculi occurred in young adults. This sudden pain sustainable ranging from a few minutes to a few hours, sometimes for several days. Attack often accompanied by nausea and vomiting, sweat Lin Li, looking pale, and other symptoms, severe cases can lead to shock. Once the stones from, the symptoms will be alleviated. Professor Shen reminded the past found no urinary stones, such as suddenly waist, under intense abdominal pain, should guard against urinary stones is caused by renal colic. Easily confused with gastrointestinal diseases Professor Shen pointed out that apart from stimulating the acute pain, urinary tract stones frequently have nausea, vomiting, abdominal distention, and other gastrointestinal symptoms, easily confused with acute gastrointestinal disease, most patients do not know what had disease. He warned that if the above symptoms, patients should first to the formal hospital for emergency pain, to find causes. In addition to urinary tract stones, but also guard against acute appendicitis, acute cholecystitis and acute pancreatitis, and patients have to take care of women suffering from certain whether gynecological diseases. The B-general and X-ray film and other checks to determine whether the stone. Professor Shen advise patients not to have not been diagnosed before their own blind use of pain medicine, otherwise it will affect the condition of observation, or even delay the diagnosis. Renal colic symptoms are not unique stone A few cases, cancer, renal pelvis or bleeding from blood clots, such as mobile and also have a pain. Sometimes a more serious kidney disease and patients with only minor lumbar acid or no apparent symptoms, more easily be ignored. Therefore, Professor Shen remind patients with renal colic in remission after the attack, we must further examine the causes of the corresponding treatment. B-or X-ray films can not see stones does not mean that there will be no problem. Anti-summer heat to "pain" According to Professor Shen, urinary tract stones in the regular season in summer heat caused renal colic because of hot weather, a substantial increase in human perspiration, resulting in severe loss of body water, urine and reduce the concentration, and often so that the original stone patients or Potential patients stone-induced renal colic at the same time concentrated urine, urinary stone formation is also an important factor. Then in the summer how to prevent it » Professor Shen made the following aspects: 1, Hunsu with diet, do not eat high sugar high fat and high-protein food such as seafood or large. 2, proper water and increase the prevention of renal colic Painiao Liang is the most effective measures, Buke should also take the initiative to drinking water, avoid drinking all kinds of sugary drinks. Stone, 2005 patients with non-water standards are maintained in the daily urine 2000 ml over the past history of patients who had to reach over 3000 ml. 3, do not Guodupilao, pay attention to rest.

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