What are the effects of kidney stones on the body?

Kidney stones have an impact on the body, the impact includes: first, stones cause chronic low back pain or acute low back pain and other symptoms, stone patients can feel long-term lumbar sleepy, lumbar swelling, low back pain. In case of acute obstruction, acute pain in the lower back and abdomen may occur, affecting the patient’s quality of life. Secondly, the long-term presence of stones may cause chronic urinary system infection, frequent urination, urgent urination, painful urination or meatus hematuria. If the acute stage may cause acute pyelonephritis, patients will have chills, fever, and gradually worsening back pain. Thirdly, kidney stones may cause obstruction of the urinary system, which may lead to fluid accumulation in the kidney, and with the increase of fluid accumulation may lead to kidney function impairment, renal insufficiency, and in severe cases may cause kidney cortical atrophy, which requires nephrectomy surgery. Fourth, the long-term stay of stones stimulates local mucosal squamous epithelial metaplasia, resulting in malignant tumors of the epithelium. Long-term stone stimulation may induce a higher incidence of renal pelvis cancer.