| Recent technology aimed on how to dissolve kidney | | | | lithotripsy (EHL) - A flexible probe is used in breaking |
| stones are already available in some hospitals. Thanks | | | | small stones with electric shock wave. A |
| to various medical practitioners whose purpose is to | | | | utereroscope aids the probe in the positioning near |
| ease the pain of the sufferers, giving rise to modern | | | | the stone.c. Ultrasonic lithotripsy - Kidney stones are |
| equipment on how to dissolve kidney stones | | | | dissolved with the use of high frequency sound |
| effectively. | | | | waves connected to the electronic probe. The |
| Kidney stones are crystallized calcium substances and | | | | fragments can now be removed surgically or |
| uric acids that form in the body due to the | | | | eliminated via the urine if they are small. |
| inefficiency of the kidney to dissolve them naturally | | | | 2. Ureteroscopy- A thin and long telescopic |
| or caused by some genetic disorders. | | | | instrument (ureteroscope) is used to treat Kidney |
| Normally, a sufferer can experience excruciating pain | | | | stones located in the ureter. A small basket is |
| starting from the lower back all the way to the groin. | | | | inserted in the ureteroscope to remove the stones, |
| This is due to the stones that is already large enough | | | | this is called basket extraction. Laser or similar device |
| to block the ureter. | | | | can also be used. Once this is performed, the patient |
| Treating kidney stones have tremendously changed | | | | can already leave the hospital on the same day. |
| with the advent of recent technology and in-depth | | | | 3. Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy (PCN)- The |
| medical knowledge.Medical breakthrough gave rise to | | | | kidney stones are removed surgically with the direct |
| various equipment and techniques on how to dissolve | | | | route through the kidney using a guide wire and a |
| kidney stones, as follows: | | | | needle. Surgical instruments are then used through |
| 1. Lithotripsy - This is by far the most effective | | | | the cateters to pulverize and remove the stones. A |
| treatment of kidney stones found in the kidney or | | | | stone-free outcome is achieved but the patient has |
| upper ureter. A instrument or probe will break the | | | | to be hospitalized and can only go back to regular |
| stones and can easily pass the urine. This is not | | | | activity after 2 weeks. |
| applicable to some medical conditions and those with | | | | We do not need all these modern equipment if we |
| large stones. This requires more than one treatment. | | | | are only cautious in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. |
| This can be categorized as:a. Extracorporeal shock | | | | Eating the right foods, adequately nourishing our body |
| wave lithotripsy (ESWL) - Highly focused impulses are | | | | with water and coupled with exercise will avoid the |
| projected outside the body then breaks the kidney | | | | formation of kidney stones. |
| into pieces in order to pass via the urine. This | | | | In the end, the problem of how to dissolve kidney |
| treatment is not advisable to those with struvite | | | | stones will be a thing of the past. |
| stones or pregnant women.b. Electrohydraulic | | | | |