A 68-year-old male provided to the center with extreme back discomfort radiating down his side. He hadactually been to his physician with comparable signs formerly and hadactually been identified with kidney stones. The physician hadactually dealtwith him, and he hadactually been symptom-free for some time however was now experiencing his 3rd episode of the verysame issue. As he was in such extreme discomfort, I sentout him back to his physician to breakdown any stones utilizing a treatment called lithotripsy (the stones are brokedown by lasers or shock waves, a fairly non-invasive treatment. I askedfor he then come back and we might work on minimizing his danger for additional attacks.
We required to check his blood and urine tests for ideas as to the type of stone so we might initiate the right preventative steps.
He had blood in his urine, however no indication of infection (no protein) and his white cell counts were typical, calcium was within regular variety, however urea was high on his biochemistry, and urinalysis revealed urine that was more acidic than what is viewed as healthy — showing that his stones were mostlikely based on excess uric acid. A pH of 5.5 can speedup uric acid stones (sometimes combined with calcium oxalate). He had likewise had a quick history of gout a couple of years earlier however was not on any medication for this. Gout is likewise a issue with excess urea/uric acid.
Therefore, the focus of our recommendations was to lower the uric acid and change the solubility of the urine to one that was more alkaline (dissolved acid).
Diet and drinking
As urea/uric acid is formed by the bad metabolicprocess of protein foods, minimizing red meat and focused proteins was an preliminary action and increasing his veggie consumption (low-oxalate veggies ideally) was advised. Urea is metabolised in the liver, and with his everyday alcohol intake, his liver function tests (the enzymes ALT, AST and GGT) were rather high, suggesting bad liver function.
The next action was to reduction his coffee, sugar