Drugs for the treatment of kidney stones
We often admire the stones: precious, semiprecious, age-old boulders growing from under the earth;Amazing patterns of stones in Japanese gardens. There is only one type of stone that we hate - these are the stones inside us, alien formations within the human body. We strive to destroy these stones by any means and apply unbelievable efforts to prevent their formation. Stones in the kidneys. As a result, they arise and how to destroy them?
Urolithiasis is common in people of all ages. However, more often in men than in women and less often in children than in adults. According to statistical data, every fourth form has different forms of urolithiasis, and in about 30% of patients stones are found in both kidneys. The course of this disease is always difficult, painful and causes many negative emotions.
Unfortunately, no one knows the exact causes of kidney stones. Many doctors agree that the basis for the formation of stones is not one factor, but a whole series. These include hereditary predisposition, chronic diseases of the urinary tract, sedentary lifestyle, the use of large quantities of meat and meat products, metabolic disorders, adverse environmental factors.
Kidney stones
Stones do not appear immediately, it is a long process in the body. It begins with the formation of small salt deposits in the kidneys, which then serve as the basis for fixing and building up the stone. Salts that form in deposits, completely different in composition: calcium oxalate, calcium phosphate, magnesium, uric acid and cystine( or protein).Depending on this composition, the doctor determines the most effective methods of treatment from the size of the stones formed.
Small stones can remain in the kidney for a long time and do not manifest themselves in any way. They are detected accidentally during the general examination of the patient. In other cases, the symptom of urolithiasis is severe acute pain in the kidney area. It can be felt after physical exertion or the use of a large amount of fluid. At laboratory researches about stones in kidneys sometimes it is possible to judge on presence of a blood in urine. This occurs when the stone scratches the ureter and blood from the resulting wound enters the urine. However, this may be a sign of other diseases.
With urolithiasis, there are frequent urge to urinate, pain and sometimes visible deviations of stones or sand. In this case, there is no longer any doubt about the disease.
Treatment of
The approach to the treatment of urolithiasis is divided into three types - surgical, medicinal and preventive. In most cases, these methods are used in a complex manner.
Surgery to remove kidney stones is performed if no other kidney stones are removed, or their removal by other methods is fraught with complications for the patient.
The use of medication and preventive treatment is justified by the fact that the probability of a new formation of stones should be minimized. For this, it is necessary to normalize the composition of the blood and the general state of the body. An important role in this is given to dietary nutrition, physiotherapeutic and balneological procedures.
Drugs for the treatment of kidney stones
Urinary and mixed stones require alkalinization of urine. For this, medicines containing citrate mixtures are used. These drugs include "Blomaren", "Uralit U".Medications for treatment are taken from one to six months. The stones dissolve after about 2-3 months, but further treatment is necessary for preventive purposes.
In the case of the presence of stones of a different chemical composition, their dissolution with medicines is practically impossible. Any drug treatment in this case is aimed only at the general improvement of the organism and a decrease in the probability of relapse.
For these purposes, there are a number of herbal medicines for the treatment of stones. For example, "Kanefron N" contains extracts of dog rose, rosemary, centenarius, lyubistok. It reduces inflammation and spasms, has antioxidant and diuretic effects. Essential oils that are contained in the drug, promote the expansion of the blood vessels of the kidneys, increases the supply of blood."Kanefron H" increases the content of uric acid, which is a useful factor in the treatment of stones formed with salts of urate and calcium oxalate.
Another drug, "Cyston."In its composition, extracts of the madder of the heart, bicolour of the stalk, stone saxifrage, straw solitary, filthy, vertebrate ashy, squirrel onosmic, lime silicate powder and mummy. This complex reduces the ability of stone formation and prevents their further growth. In addition, "Cyston" promotes the removal of uric acid, phosphate and oxalate salts. This drug is effective for all types of kidney stones. In addition, it has bactericidal and bacteriostatic action.
"Phytolysin" has a similar effect. The composition of this preparation includes extracts of rhizomes onions, bulerosa bulbs, birch leaves, goldenrod, parsley, horsetail, lover's roots, mountaineer bird, as well as sage oil, peppermint, pine and orange.
In case of excessive formation of uric acid, the preparation of allopurinol is used to correct the blood composition. It reduces the uric acid in the blood. The result is the prevention of its deposition in tissues and in the kidneys.
To improve the condition of patients with attacks of urolithic illness, antispasmodics are prescribed. They improve the passage of small stones and sand in the urethra, reduce swelling. In the presence of inflammation, possible concomitant treatment with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory drugs.
However, do not forget that the correctness of this or that type of treatment can only be guaranteed by a doctor.
