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The medical experts of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh have warned that ignoring the kidney stone pain can damage other parts of the body, which can be life threatening. They point out that one of the most commonly ignored ailments in people is renal stone disease (nephrolithiasis).
The Head, Department of Urology, Dr Ankur Mittal said that renal stones affect all ages from infancy to the elderly population and they are formed due to the super saturation of the urine with substances such as calcium, uric acid, cystine and oxalate. “In the initial phase these substances form crystals and around them there is further deposition and eventually a kidney stone is formed. Stones can either pass through the urinary passage and be extruded in the urine or lie asymptomatically in the kidney. It is when they get obstructed in any part of the kidney or urinary tract that symptoms develop,’’ he said.
The symptoms of renal stone disease include fluctuating and excruciating pain in the abdomen, groin and flank region that can lead to urinary tract infection with fever and chills, burning micturition and even passage of blood in urine. “An expert should be immediately contacted in case of excessive unbearable pain in the flank or in the groin,’’ the doctor suggested.
Dr Mittal said that one should drink more fluids to produce at least two litres of urine per day and various dietary modifications are advised in the form of a salt restricted diet, cutting back on the consumption of meat with avoidance of caffeinated drinks, nuts, foods that contain fructose corn syrup to combat the disease.
The Director of AIIMS Rishikesh Ravikant said that soon an ‘Advanced Urology Centre’ which is in its final stage of completion would start functioning in the institute. The centre would have a world class ‘Dornier lithotripsy machine’, and a radiology suite for urological interventions, he added.