The pain of kidney stone is very intense, it is renal colic, the patient will have obvious spasm-like, sweating, expression of extreme pain, or even fall to the ground and roll, etc., and percussion pain in the kidney area, which is obviously different from the general pain. However, only based on the feeling of pain can not confirm the diagnosis of kidney stones, diagnosis is to go to the regular hospital by doing tests such as ultrasound, X-ray, CT, blood test to confirm the diagnosis, can not rely only on symptoms to determine.
Common symptoms include abdominal cramps, vomiting, nausea, abdominal distension and hematuria. If combined with a urinary tract infection, chills and fever may also occur. Acute renal colic often causes unbearable pain. Diagnosis of kidney stones in addition to the symptoms, but also based on some auxiliary indicators to determine, common tests are:
1. Urine routine: can detect the presence or absence of urine sugar, urine protein, red blood cells, white blood cells, crystals, bacteria and so on.
2. blood routine: if found that the white blood cell count is too high indicates that there may be an infection, also can draw blood to check kidney function.
3. X-ray examination: it is the most important method to diagnose urinary tract stones. It includes urography, excretory urography, retrograde pyelography, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, and so on.
4. Ultrasound: it can diagnose whether there are stones in the kidney and whether there are other co-morbidities, and determine whether there is fluid in the kidney.
5. CT examination: it is the first choice for stone diagnosis at present, CT examination can show the size and outline of kidney, kidney stone, hydronephrosis, renal parenchymal lesions and renal parenchymal residual conditions, and can also identify renal cysts or hydronephrosis; and identify the causes of urinary obstruction lesions other than those caused by the urinary tract.
It is recommended that patients go to regular hospitals for timely consultation and treatment, and strive for early recovery.