How to tell if a stone has entered the bladder

Bladder stones are also a relatively common type of urinary stones. They are quite harmful to patients and often cause pain, hematuria, abnormal urination, etc. When there is a foreign body sensation during urination, or difficulty urinating, it may be because the stones have entered the bladder. Bladder stones need to be treated in time, and there are many treatment methods. For smaller stones, they can be treated with some stone-removing drinks.

How to tell if a stone has entered the bladder

Generally speaking, difficulty urinating, painful urination and hematuria are the main symptoms of bladder stones in women. Female patients may sometimes have stones when urinating, which block the bladder neck and cause interrupted urination and pain. They must squat or lie down to continue urinating. In addition, if a woman's bladder stones are large and impacted, she may experience increased difficulty urinating or symptoms such as urinary retention. Finally, some female patients with bladder stones may also have complications such as infection, frequent urination, urgency, and pain at the end of urination.

What are the harmful effects of bladder stones?

1. Foreign body in the urethra. Foreign bodies in the urethra can cause dysuria, frequent urination, urgency, pain, and hematuria. There is a history of urethral foreign body placement, but it is often concealed. Plain x-rays have diagnostic value for radiopaque foreign bodies. Urethrascopy is the main means of identification. 2. Urethral stenosis. Symptoms include difficulty urinating and thinning urine stream. Most of them have a history of urethral trauma, urethritis, transurethral examination or operation, and indwelling catheterization. The probe is obstructed when the urethra is dilated. Urethrography can show the location and extent of the stenosis. Urethrascopy shows that the inner diameter of the urethra suddenly becomes thinner and forms a small hole. The following is the treatment technology for bladder stones in our hospital. Treatment with the tantalum laser does not require surgery or bleeding. Instead, a soft optical fiber is used to enter the cavity through the working channel of a ureteroscope or other similar endoscope. It then presses against the stone and shoots powerful tantalum laser pulses onto the stone that needs to be crushed. The energy generated can vaporize the water between the end of the optical fiber and the stone to form tiny cavitations, and transmit energy to the stone, crushing it into powder. The entire process is carried out under precise computer monitoring, so the surrounding normal tissue will not be accidentally injured.