What are the symptoms of kidney stones?

Many people often suffer from kidney stones in their daily lives. Kidney stones may cause urinary tract infections and may even cause symptoms of frequent urination and urgency. If you don't pay attention, the harm is relatively large. Common symptoms include abdominal cramps and even nausea and vomiting. In severe cases, you may feel irritability.

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Typical symptoms

Common symptoms include lumbar and abdominal cramps, nausea, vomiting, irritability, abdominal distension, hematuria, etc. If combined with urinary tract infection, symptoms such as chills and fever may also occur.

Other symptoms

Sometimes the patient has no pain, only hematuria or very little blood that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Combined infection may cause frequent urination and urgency.

Diagnosis

Etiology and pathophysiological diagnosis can be made by understanding past medical history, eating habits, family history, medication, and various laboratory and auxiliary examinations.

Causes

The formation process of kidney stones is that certain factors cause the concentration of crystal substances in the urine to increase or the solubility to decrease, resulting in an oversaturated state. Crystals precipitate and grow and accumulate locally, eventually forming stones. There are many factors that affect the formation of stones. Age, gender, race, genetics, environmental factors, eating habits and occupation are related to the formation of stones. Metabolic abnormalities (such as hyperparathyroidism, hypercortisolism, hyperglycemia), long-term bed rest, nutritional deficiencies (vitamin B6 deficiency, magnesium-deficient diet), urinary tract obstruction, infection, foreign bodies and drug use are common causes of stone formation. It is known that urinary stones have 32 components, the most common of which is calcium oxalate. Other components of stones include magnesium ammonium phosphate, uric acid, calcium phosphate, and cystine (an amino acid). Kidney stones are rarely composed of a single type of crystal. Most are composed of two or more types, with one type being the main component.