Have Kidney Stones, Discomfort, Lower Back Pain. Done Ultrasound. What Seems Wrong?
I had some tests and I'm told I had a 1.4 centimeter kidney stone. I was treated with ultrasound I believe and they 'zapped' the left kidney. Three hours later I was sent home with a filtering funnel to urinate through and catch pieces of the 'blasted' stone. My only symptom that I recall was slight discomfort occaisionally in the left lower back that has been there off and on for 10 years. I've caught a few small pieces, none bigger than 2 millimeters. I've had no pain passing the pieces and I'm saving them as instructed. What are they hoping to learn by looking at the 'chunks'?
Hi ! Good evening . I am Dr Shareef answering your query.
It is good that you have started passing the broken pieces of the kidney stone without any discomfort.
There could be two reasons for your urologist for advising you to collect the broken pieces : 1) May be he is suspecting some kind of pigment stones, and because some are formed again and again, they want to test the composition of the stone to judge its chances of recurrence and manage accordingly. 2) Your urologist may want to be sure that the stone is out in toto. So they can reconstruct the collected pieces to see if that completes the original stone.
I hope I have answered your query. Thanks for choosing healthcaremagic forum for your health questions. Good luck.
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Have Kidney Stones, Discomfort, Lower Back Pain. Done Ultrasound. What Seems Wrong?
Hi ! Good evening . I am Dr Shareef answering your query. It is good that you have started passing the broken pieces of the kidney stone without any discomfort. There could be two reasons for your urologist for advising you to collect the broken pieces : 1) May be he is suspecting some kind of pigment stones, and because some are formed again and again, they want to test the composition of the stone to judge its chances of recurrence and manage accordingly. 2) Your urologist may want to be sure that the stone is out in toto. So they can reconstruct the collected pieces to see if that completes the original stone. I hope I have answered your query. Thanks for choosing healthcaremagic forum for your health questions. Good luck.