If during the festival, whether it is on the way out to play, or at home, there are symptoms of kidney stone pain, Dr. Chen Haitao of the Department of Urology of Beijing Water Conservancy Hospital told everyone how to relieve the pain urgently.
1. Why do kidney stones hurt?
In some people, the pain of stone attack is very painful, no less than giving birth. The kidney stone falls down, falls into the ureter and gets stuck, causing kidney edema above after being stuck. The ureter will contract strongly when it tries to expel the stone, which will cause severe pain in the lower back and lower abdomen. This pain is called renal colic.
Colic in kidney stones is a sudden, severe pain that occurs in about 75% of patients and then suffers from low back pain, which radiates down the ureters to the bladder. The pain is proximal and usually lasts for a few minutes but can also last for several hours, and some people experience nausea and vomiting or even collapse. In general, patients also have symptoms of hematuria.
Due to the nature, shape, size, location of stones, individual differences in patients and other factors, the method and efficacy are also different. Therefore, for patients with kidney stones, it is necessary to try personalization**.
IIHow to relieve kidney stone pain
1.Use your thumb to press on the painful area to relieve pain caused by spasmodic contractions of the ureters.
2.Apply a warm compress to the painful area of the lower back. Sometimes it relieves the pain caused by stones.
3.Drinking hot water: Hot water stimulates the digestive tract and relieves spasmodic contractions of the renal pelvis ureter. It plays a role in relieving pain.
4..If the pain is severe, be sure to take antispasmodic and painkiller drugs, which first have a cooling and pain-relieving effect.
Renal colic is paroxysmal, with the movement of the stone pain will be weakened, the stone is greater than 6 mm of patients, when the stone is larger and there is no way to discharge it on its own, because the kidney stone will move to the ureter with the urine, the stone is stuck in the ureter, the most direct cause is the obstruction caused by the unsmooth urine, and the accumulation of long-term obstruction will cause a burden on the kidney, resulting in hydronephrosis and even kidney failure; Long-term stones block the ureters, which is more likely to cause infection, and in severe cases, shock will occur, which is life-threatening. Consider a doctor to perform stone removal treatment to completely relieve the patient's pain.
IIIHow to prevent kidney stones
Kidney stones are actually a very typical "lifestyle" disease. Patients with kidney stones need to adjust their diet and optimize their daily habits to ensure that the body can metabolize and reduce the risk of stones.
1.It is recommended to drink plenty of water every day
It is necessary to drink a lot of water, 2000-3000 ml of water per day, which can dilute urine, reduce urine salt precipitation, increase urine output, prevent the formation of urine crystals and promote the discharge of small stones. When you are active, sweating a lot, and not taking enough fluids, you should pay more attention to increasing your water intake.
2.Personalized dietary guidance
Try to avoid foods that are high in oxalate. Since a large part of kidney stones are caused by the accumulation of calcium oxalate, it is necessary to pay attention to the daily diet and reduce the consumption of such foods, such as soybean milk, spinach and cabbage root;
Reduce your intake of purine-containing foods. Since a large part of kidney stones are caused by excessive intake of purine-containing foods, the purine content in the urine of patients will increase, so it is necessary to reduce the consumption of such foods, such as: sardines, bacon, deep-sea fish;
Red meat. If humans eat too much red meat, it is because red meat contains too much high protein and increases the risk of kidney stones, mainly because eating too much of this kind of food can easily cause difficulties in protein metabolism and have a great impact on the kidneys; refined carbohydrates;
If too many refined carbohydrates are consumed, the patient's insulin will also increase, and calcium in the bones will be retained in the urinary system, which will increase the risk of kidney stones.
Cut back on salty foods. It is important to pay attention to the intake of salty foods in your daily diet, because if you consume too much of this kind of food, it will maintain the body's water in the case of high sodium, so that the excess sodium cannot be excreted smoothly from the kidneys. At the same time, in a high-sodium environment, the body's calcium content increases, which causes the citrate content to increase in the urine.
3.Intensify your workouts
Make a reasonable exercise plan according to your own situation, such as: appropriate rope skipping or jumping exercises every day; You can do some aerobic exercise to exercise your body.
All in all, kidney stones are not a very serious disease, but they can affect the patient's life when they are severe. Therefore, we should still pay attention to prevention in life, and seek medical attention in time when kidney stone symptoms appear to prevent the condition from becoming more serious.
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