HI Dr, Had a CT Scan last week shows a 7mm upper polenon-obstructing left renal calculus stone. I will see my primary care physician next week. I have no pain and urine is OK. What should I do regarding fluids to flush or is it too big to pass on my own. What types of treatment are available?
HelloThanks for query. You have been diagnosed to have non obstructing stone of a size of 7 mm in left kidney. Normally stone of such size pass down through ureter and then passed out of the body through urethral passage and no active intervention is required. There are two modalities of treating such stones located in kidney .1) Expectant treatment meaning there by wait and watch and let the nature takes it own time so that it will pass out over a period of time. You have to just ensure that you Chat Doctor. 2) Second option is (ESL) Extra Corporeal Shock Wave Lithography where stone is fragmented by an external source of energy. This is very safe and simple procedure accepted worldwide for stones up to size of 1.5 CMS.