Kidney stones do not affect a patient’s fertility, but the presence of kidney stones should be treated in a timely manner so that the stones do not cause other serious complications.
Fertility, i.e. the ability to reproduce, is mainly related to the presence of a mature and healthy reproductive system, which includes mature external genitalia, normal androgen/estrogen in the body, sound testes/ovaries and various glands. Patients with kidney stones have a healthy reproductive system that is not compromised and are fertile.
Kidney stones are one of the common urological conditions that form due to the deposition of calcium and oxalic acid in the kidneys. Symptoms of kidney stones are closely related to the size, location and infection of the stone, and common symptoms include pain, hematuria, nausea and vomiting.
For stones smaller than 0.6cm in diameter, medication can be used to remove the stone, while stones larger than 0.6cm in diameter can be removed by surgical methods such as extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and percutaneous nephrolithotripsy.