Treatments for Kidney Stones:
There are different treatments to choose from. Ask your healthcare provider about which one is best for you:
- Letting the stone pass by itself:
Sometimes you can wait for the stone to pass. Smaller stones are more likely to pass on their own than larger stones.
- Medication:
Certain medications can improve your chances of the stone passing. A common medication that can be taken for this reason is tamsulosin.
- Surgery:
Surgery can be used to remove a stone from the ureter or kidney if it fails to pass.
Therapies for Kidney Stones:
There are different kinds of therapies that can treat kidney stones. They include the following:
- Medical therapy:
Most kidney stones can be treated without invasive treatment. If the patient has a kidney stone <10 mm and if the symptoms are controlled, then they can elect for a spontaneous passage. They should have controlled pain, no fever or infection, and adequate kidney function.
- Surgical therapy:
Kidney stones that cannot be treated with non-surgical measures or those that have not passed spontaneously, will need to be removed via a surgical procedure. These procedures are minimally invasive, since none need a significant incision.
Emergent therapy:
For patients with stones who have signs of infection such as fever, chills, fatigue, and/or kidney injury the urgent decompression of the kidney with either a percutaneous drainage or a ureteral stent is needed along with an appropriate antibiotic therapy. This will help unblock the kidney and also treat the infection. The full treatment of the stone should happen after the infection is resolved.
Why You Should Get Therapy for Treating Kidney Stones:
There are many benefits that you can get from therapy if you have kidney stones. Therapies can reduce the risk of recurrent episodes and can increase the overall health of the urogenital system.
However, you must always speak to a doctor about what treatment you should take, including therapy. The Kidney Stone Clinic has doctors who will give you advice on whether or not you should get therapy.
