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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Eliminating Kidney Stone Surgery Without Knives

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Jakarta, kidney function is to filter out impurities in the blood, to be disposed of together with urine. Kidney stones form when the dirt from the food to harden and form crystals in the kidney and urinary tract.

Kidney stones are to be removed for normal functioning kidney. Now, with advances in technology today to get rid of kidney stone is no longer a difficult thing.

One way to treat kidney stone disease is by lithotripsy method. Scientists continue to innovate with the latest generation lithotripsy devices that facilitate the treatment process.

Methods ESWL (Extracoporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy) is the act of breaking the stone from outside the body using shock waves. This can be done on the kidney or urinary tract stones the size of 4-20 mm. With ESWL, the stone will be broken into small pieces like sand so it can come out with urine.

"When compared with the method of operation, ESWL is clearly more convenient for patients because it does not involve surgery," said dr. Gideon FP Tampubolon, gas stations in the release after the ceremony 'Latest Kidney Stone Therapy' in the Premier Hospital Bintaro, received detikHealth, Friday (08/20/2010).

ESWL tool owned by the hospital. Premier Bintaro is the latest generation tool that has advantages when compared to the previous generation. In addition to a new generation ESWL, RS Premier Bintaro also equip the facility with Angiography Machine and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging).

The advantage of these latest generation ESWL devices include designs that use robotics and computerized systems. In addition, the tool is equipped with ultrasound and X-ray that can move automatically so that energy is always constant dose were fired in the process destroy the stone.

dr. Gideon explains, a computerized system to determine the dose shock wave energy to be fired so that the shootings could really right on target and able to destroy the stone that became the target. These developments make doctors and patients become more comfortable.

"In addition to more accurate, the process becomes shorter, which is about 1 hour. In addition, patients generally do not need hospitalization, except in cases with complications or severe cases. After the action, usually patients only have to rest 2-3 days, "said the doctor graduated from medical faculty of the UI.

Even so after kidney stone surgery patients also should always apply a healthy lifestyle. Because kidney stones may recur again if the patient is less indiscriminate in food or drinking water.

Some of the recommended diet for people with kidney stones, taken from Gicare are:

1. Drink plenty of water
Water is the most important diet to prevent kidney stones, kidney stones because the components forming a whole together is easier urination. Patients with kidney stones are advised to urinate about 2.5 liters a day, so must drink more than that amount. If the hot weather or under a lot of activity, water consumption should be multiplied in order to more frequent urination.

2. Limit calcium
Usually the body will not absorb calcium than required. However, in certain circumstances such as hipercalciuria, excess calcium is excreted through the kidneys in urine. Patients with kidney stones are advised to limit the maximum calcium intake 800 mg / day for men and 1,200 mg / day for women.

Calcium is found in many green vegetables, milk and other dairy-based processed products. Calcium in milk is more easily absorbed by the intestine than in green vegetables.

3. Limit oxalate
Together with calcium, oxalate (which contains the unit COO2 acid) can cause kidney stones to form crystals. Therefore, kidney stone patients are advised to reduce or even avoid altogether food containing oxalate. Among them are spinach, strawberry, chocolate and tea.

Patients with kidney stones are advised to limit consumption of oxalate is not more than 50 mg / day.

4. Limit salt and vegetable protein
Limiting salt intake of sodium may reduce the amount of calcium released through the kidneys. Therefore if the form is calcium stones, then the sodium salt consumption should be limited to between 2500-3500 mg / day.

While animal protein can lead to several types of minerals in the urine to form kidney stones. Therefore, patients with kidney stones should be replaced with vegetable protein.

5. Expand insoluble fiber
There are 2 types of fiber that is soluble fiber and insoluble fiber, each having the same essential function in the body. But in this case, the insoluble fiber found in wheat, rice and wheat can reduce the levels of calcium in urine. These fibers bind calcium when in the intestine, so it is not excreted through the kidneys.

6. Limit your intake of vitamin C
One result of the metabolism of vitamin C is oxalate. Because oxalic acid can form crystals, then the patient of kidney stones should limit intake of vitamin C.



Source : Sandika Dwi Putri - detikHealth

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