{"id":191,"date":"2020-02-19T20:03:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthissues24.co.za\/?p=191"},"modified":"2020-02-19T20:03:55","modified_gmt":"2020-02-19T20:03:55","slug":"kidney-stones-removal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/kidney-stones-removal\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidney stones removal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> To\u00a0<strong>remove<\/strong>\u00a0a smaller\u00a0<strong>stone<\/strong>\u00a0in your ureter or\u00a0<strong>kidney<\/strong>, your doctor may pass a thin lighted tube (ureteroscope) equipped with a camera through your urethra and bladder to your ureter. Once the\u00a0<strong>stone<\/strong>\u00a0is located, special tools can snare the\u00a0<strong>stone<\/strong>\u00a0or break it into pieces that will pass in your urine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Symptoms:\u00a0Pain <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>When Do I Need Surgery for a Kidney Stone?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Kidney stones\u00a0are hard deposits made from minerals such as\u00a0calcium\u00a0or waste products such as uric acid. They start small, but they can grow bigger as more minerals stick to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some\u00a0kidney stones\u00a0often pass on their own without treatment. Other stones that are painful or that get stuck in your urinary tract sometimes need to be removed with surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might have a procedure or surgery to take out kidney stones if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The stone is very large and can&#8217;t pass on its own.<\/li><li>You&#8217;re in a lot of pain.<\/li><li>The stone is blocking the flow of urine out of your\u00a0kidney.<\/li><li>You have had many\u00a0urinary tract infections\u00a0because of the stone.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"1-2\">Types of Kidney Stone Procedures and Surgeries<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>These four treatments can be used on your kidney stones:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Shock wave lithotripsy<\/li><li>Ureteroscopy<\/li><li>Percutaneous nephrolithotomy or percutaneous nephrolithotripsy<\/li><li>Open surgery<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To\u00a0remove\u00a0a smaller\u00a0stone\u00a0in your ureter or\u00a0kidney, your doctor may pass a thin lighted tube (ureteroscope) equipped with a camera through your urethra and bladder to your ureter. Once the\u00a0stone\u00a0is located, special tools can snare the\u00a0stone\u00a0or break it into pieces that will pass in your urine. Symptoms:\u00a0Pain When Do I Need Surgery for a Kidney Stone? Kidney\u2026 <span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/kidney-stones-removal\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unionline24.co.za\/health\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}