Have a kidney stone....what to expect?!


Question: Have a kidney stone....what to expect?
Just had catscan because I"m having light pains and bloody urine and they said I have a 4 mm kidney stone... So now what happens? how bad is the pain? and when will it get really painful?

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Oh I've been where you are...it's not fun. Ok, this is what to expect. You will experience pretty severe pain that may be in your back, flank, groin, lower abdomen... I got to the point where I was pacing around like a caged tiger. I couldn't stop pacing. Sitting in a hot bath might help some, pain meds will help as well. You need to be drinking a LOT of fluid right now...that will help you pass the stone. The painful part is when the stone is moving through the ureter (the tube from the kidney to the bladder). Once it clears your ureter, you'll feel fine...like INSTANTLY fine.

When it passes from your bladder through your urethra, you may feel it, but you may not feel it at all. I didn't feel a thing at that point. Make sure you strain your urine with the little strainer they give you...collect the stone and bring it back to the doctor to be analyzed. This will tell you what it's made of so you can make dietary adjustments to prevent it from happening again.

I'm a registered nurse who's also experienced kidney stones firsthand



Most kidney stones will eventually pass through the urinary path within 48 hours, subject to the use of fluids in sufficient quantities. There are several factors that affect the body's ability to remove stones from kidneys.

These include human growth and weight, the way the stones discharge earlier, the prostate increase, pregnancy and size of the stone. The stone size of 4 mm will leave your body independently with a probability of 80%, and stone with the size of
5 mm-20%. Stones of more than 9-10 mm rarely go out, and usually require treatment.

There are some methods of treatment that can clear a larger size stones. These medications are prescribed to people with stones passing slowly through the urinary track.

If the stones from the kidney do not discharge themselves, there is a procedure called lithotripsy. Large stones are broken into smaller parts, which can pass through the urinary system.

The removal of kidney stones by surgery is also possible. This can be done through a small incision in the skin or through urethroscope, which passes through the urethra and bladder.
I hope this helps you. And good luck.



Pain....and lots of it. When the stone is stationary, the pain is not too bad. But when it starts moving, it's gonna hurt. But it has to move so you can pass it.



It hurts like having a baby. Get some pain medicine or get them to break them into powder with a laser surgery.




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