CT IMAGING TRAIT– KIDNEY STONE

KIDNEY STONE

In a literal sense, Kidney stones are basically solid masses composed of crystals in our body. They commonly generate in the kidney of the patients, but can actually originate anywhere, including the urinary tract of your body. According to a renowned study,one in 15 people develop and suffers from the severe problem of Kidney stone at one time frame in their entire life. And as far risk factors are concerned, Dehydration in the human being is the major significant risk behind the occurrence of Kidney Stone. For more clarification, urinary tract has four parts, namely, bladder, kidneys, urethra, and ureters. And mostly, all the kidney stones formed where there is a reduction in the volume of urine, or intemperance of stone-creation matter in the urine. The main symptom of the kidney pain in someone is a slight or serves pain as well as blood incoming in the urine of a person. In our medical terminology, they are considered as one of the most painful situation in all human beings. Kidney stone is also commonly known as renal calculi. The prime reasons behind the existence of a kidney stone are as follows-

Calcium stones are one of the most commonly found kidney stones among the population. They can either be composed of a calcium phosphate, calcium maleate, or calcium oxalate(most popular-over 90% kidney patient have this) Eating rare calcium oxalate enriched foods can actually shrink your peril of having this severe kidney stone. High calcium oxalate, foods contain peanut, chocolates, beets, spinach and potato chips.

These kind of kidney stone is found more usually in men as compare to women. It can arise in those people who are suffering from gout or passing through chemotherapy. It arises, when the urine is too acidic. People who consume purine rich diet have this in major quantities. Plus, purine is generally found in monochrome matter in animal protein like fish, meats, etc.

CT Imaging (CT-Somatom- Definition-Dual Source-Siemens) is the world's first and only dual source CT scanner with Two X-ray sources and two detectors, conducting their functioning at the same time. Moreover, what makes CT-Somatom-Definition-Dual Source- Siemens special is its prime proficiency of differentiating among the stones that comprises calcium Oxalate (lies between 70-80%) and uric acid stones (20-30%).

With this differentiate, patients with the uric acid stones can evaluate their condition and quickly embark a medical therapy of Urine alkalinization for their early betterment. Earlier many patients of stone with uric acids, unable to find their state and opt for operations, which made them suffer a lot. Now, their CT-Somatom is here as a blessing to solve their chronic problem of stone with only medical therapy.