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Suggest Treatment When Diagnosed With Kidney Stones
Question: During my regular health checkup I am diagonised with a kidney stone of 7mm . and I have presently no symptoms and how can i get rid of this?
Brief Answer:
Renal stone
Detailed Answer:
Dear Sir,
You need to get yourself further investigated with urine examination and Xray KUB. After the xray you may need intravenous urogram or CT urogram. These are specialized tests that tell us about function of kidney, exact location of stone and anatomy of kidney.
Once the above mentioned tests have been done then definitive treatment can be planned. the most likely definitive treatment in your case is going to be extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. In this treatment shockwaves are focussed on the stone from outside and the shocks break the stone. The broken stone fragments pass off by themselves in the urine.
The treatment is non invasive and has good success rate. However, the final decision shall be based on the investigations.
Take care
Sincerely
Rajiv Goel
Renal stone
Detailed Answer:
Dear Sir,
You need to get yourself further investigated with urine examination and Xray KUB. After the xray you may need intravenous urogram or CT urogram. These are specialized tests that tell us about function of kidney, exact location of stone and anatomy of kidney.
Once the above mentioned tests have been done then definitive treatment can be planned. the most likely definitive treatment in your case is going to be extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. In this treatment shockwaves are focussed on the stone from outside and the shocks break the stone. The broken stone fragments pass off by themselves in the urine.
The treatment is non invasive and has good success rate. However, the final decision shall be based on the investigations.
Take care
Sincerely
Rajiv Goel
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