Is extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy painful

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A few days ago, when my friend went for routine examination, he found that he had a stone and needed lithotripsy. In order to make the operation more successful, I accompanied her to consult the doctor. Today, let me talk about whether extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is painful.

Is extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy painful

First: extracorporeal lithotripsy is painless, patients need not worry. Extracorporeal lithotripsy (ESWL) is a method of treating urinary calculi, which uses shock wave to produce compressive stress at the interface of two kinds of transmission media with different acoustic impedances, making the calculi gradually peel off and break from the surface, breaking the large stones that cannot be discharged by themselves into fragments that can be discharged by themselves, and then excreting them out of the body through the lumen system of urinary system with urine. Shock wave on the human body will not have any damage, patients will not have pain, patients can rest assured.

Second: extracorporeal shock wave treatment of stones, generally will not cause pain. With the improvement of lithotriptor, especially the application of low-energy lithotriptor in clinic, the pain of shock wave into the body has been greatly reduced, and the pain in the treatment of renal pelvis and bladder stones has been very mild. Now, except that children do not need general anesthesia, they do not need anesthesia. Patients who are especially nervous before operation can be given intramuscular injection of 50 mg pethidine half an hour before operation or oral administration of a piece of analgesics to achieve satisfactory analgesic effect. General anesthesia was used for preschoolers.

Third: extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is to focus on the stone with multiple beams of ultrasound, so that the affected area produces intense high-frequency vibration, so as to shatter the stone. If it is a kidney or ureter stone, and the diameter of the stone is greater than 0. 6 cm, the possibility of self discharge is very small, so extracorporeal lithotripsy should be considered. There is no pain, the operation is simple, generally do not need to be hospitalized, there are large stones left, can be treated again after a week.

matters needing attention

After the lithotripsy operation, we should pay attention to the postoperative nursing, and the patient's self-care, control diet maintenance, drink more water, properly cooperate with the doctor's suggestions, do some exercise, and go to the hospital regularly for review.