Renal stones are usually caused by seizures accompanied by symptoms of severe pain in the lower back, radiated to the abdomen and genital area, pain when urinating, blood in the urine and, in the most severe cases, fever and vomiting. See the other most common symptoms of kidney stones.
If you think you may have a kidney problem, select your symptoms to find out what your odds are:
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- To confirm the presence of kidney stones.
- A clinical evaluation of symptoms should be performed with the family doctor or urologist and additional tests such as ultrasounds.
- Blood and urine tests.
In addition to identifying symptoms, one or more of the following tests should be performed to confirm the diagnosis:
It is used to evaluate whether the kidneys are functioning properly from parameters such as uric acid, calcium, urea and creatinine. Modified values of these substances may indicate problems with the body’s kidneys or other organs, and your doctor should evaluate the cause of the changes.
Learn about the main changes in blood tests and their meaning
Urine should be collected for 24 hours to assess whether the body removes many substances that promote the formation of stones, whether there are microorganisms causing infections, or if there are small pieces of stones. See what urine collection should look like.
In addition to identifying the presence of stones, you can identify the amount and size of the stones, and whether there is inflammation in any organ of the body.
This examination records several photographs of the body from different angles, facilitating differentiation and identification of calculations, even if they are present very small.
The type can be determined mainly from the evaluation of an ejected calculation. Thus, during a crisis, care must be taken to see if the stones are removed with urine, and take them to the doctor for analysis, because the treatment to avoid the formation of new stones varies according to each one. Type.
See what food should look like for each type and what other options to treat kidney stones.