Sunday, June 26, 2011

Urinary tract length, the risk of kidney stones in men

Men are more prone to kidney stones. The reason is the anatomy of the penis and urine composition. But, there are other causes that are not less alarming. Kidney stone formation can be influenced by various factors.

Most patients are men aged 40-60 years old with a ratio of 2-3:1 because the anatomy of their urinary tract is longer and the composition of the urine contains more calcium. In addition, they are often trespass hot and rarely move, sitting too long and Body Mass Index is high, then it is likely easier for the formation of kidney stones.

One of the proper procedures is shooting of kidney stones with ESWL shock wave. This tool allows the kidney stone is broken and out through the urine.

Kidney stones and urinary tract stones broken into a fine fraction, so it can come out with urine, as long as the patient's kidney is still functioning normally. ESWL is a safe and comfortable procedure with no anesthesia and surgical wound so that patients can still ambulatory.

After ESWL procedure, it took one month and shards of stone really wasted along with urine. Generally, the stones with a diameter of 20 millimeters need to be done 2 times ESWL procedure. And, 99 percent of stones measuring less than 5 millimeters can get out of urine along with conventional treatments, namely drinking water.

Urology or the branch of medicine men and women the urinary tract and male reproductive organs are more complex. Answering the challenges in the field of urology.

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