How to care for percutaneous nephrolithotomy

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My father-in-law basically drinks every day. These days, it's very strange that he doesn't drink any more. He also says that he has no appetite and doesn't want to eat. In the evening, he also says that he has a severe stomachache. He was sent to the hospital to find out his kidney stones and underwent percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the hospital. Today, let me talk about how to care for percutaneous nephrolithotomy.

How to care for percutaneous nephrolithotomy

The first step: drink more water, at least 2000 ~ 3000ml per day, to dilute the urine, so that the stones can be easily discharged. In addition to drinking a lot of water during the day, you should also drink 500ml before going to bed, and then drink 200ml after getting up to urinate during sleep. Drinking more water can wash urinary stones, dilute urine and change urine pH. If long-term acidic urine is easy to cause uric acid stone, long-term alkaline urine is easy to cause uric acid stone.

The second step: the method of removing the stones should be based on the location, number, size, renal function, whether combined with anatomical abnormalities, whether combined with infection, and physical condition of the stones. Generally speaking, conservative treatment or observation is the main treatment for renal calculi less than 5mm. 5 mm ~ 2 cm of renal calculi, extracorporeal lithotripsy is the first choice.

Step 3: increase sports activities. In addition to drinking more water, we should also increase rest activities, such as jumping, so that the stones can be easily discharged. In order to increase the amount of daily drinking water for patients with stone discharge, if they suddenly have symptoms such as palpitation, chest tightness, weak pulse and so on, they should pay attention to the heavy burden on the heart caused by a large amount of drinking water, and should be sent to the hospital for treatment immediately.

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Percutaneous nephrolithotomy has the advantages of small incision, small trauma, less complications and quick recovery. The most important thing is that patients can recover and go home happily in less than a week after operation. However, diet should also be paid attention to in the recovery period.