Extreme pain in pullers Doctors diagnosed ostrich egg-sized bladder stone in patients

As big as an ostrich egg: doctors remove huge bladder stone
In California, a man has arrived at the emergency room of a hospital because of severe pain in the left side and discomfort when urinating. During an examination, the doctors discovered two bladder stones - one of which was the size of an ostrich egg. The smaller stone could be smashed with a laser, the larger one was surgically removed.

Bladder stone the size of an ostrich egg
According to US media, a 64-year-old man went to the emergency room at St. Mary's Medical Center, Long Beach, California, for three days for left-sided flank pain and urinary problems. In a first examination, the doctors found a pressure sensitivity. Subsequent computed tomography of the abdomen and pelvis showed that there was one stone in each of the patient's ureter and bladder - the larger one was the size of an ostrich egg.

In the US, doctors have removed a patient's bladder stone the size of an ostrich egg. The man had previously complained of left side pain and urination problems. (Image: edwardolive / fotolia.com)

Patient has a neobladder since cancer treatment
As the physicians in the journal "New England Journal of Medicine" report, the man had been treated for bladder cancer over ten years ago and has since had a so-called neobladder, a made of small intestine continent bladder replacement.

The use of intestinal segments may, according to the authors, favor the formation of urinary stones.

The stone, which was eventually operated from the neobladder, was egg-shaped, measured 12 by 9.5 by 7.5 inches and weighed 770 grams.

The smaller stone in the left ureter could be smashed with a laser.

The patient recovered well after treatment and continues to be monitored for the development of bladder stones.

So far, the heaviest bubble stone weighed almost two kilos
The now removed bladder stone of the American was not record-breaking, despite its enormous size.

According to a report in the US edition of Newsweek, the largest ever documented bladder stone was taken in 2003 from a 62-year-old cancer patient in Brazil.

According to "Guinness World Records", he weighed 1.9 kilograms and was 17.9 inches long.

Bladder stones often go unnoticed for months
Bladder stones usually form in the urinary bladder, for example, when the urine can not flow freely when urinating. However, urinary stones can also be transported from the renal pelvis via the ureter into the bladder.

Although bladder stones can cause massive pain, deposits in the urinary tract often remain symptom free for months, sometimes years, and cause no health problems.

But as soon as the stones get stuck in the renal pelvis or in the ureter, those affected usually suffer from considerable, sudden colicky pelvic pain, which can radiate to the flanks.

In addition, pain occurs during urination. It can come to blood in the urine. In addition, there is often a constant urge to urinate.

However, although sufferers have to go to the toilet again and again, the amount of urine is low when urinating.

Health professionals recommend seeing a doctor if you experience painful urination or unusual spasmodic pain in the lower abdomen.

Fluid intake crucial for urinary stone prevention
Although bladder stones usually develop when the outflow of urine from the bladder is obstructed - for example, due to a prostate enlargement or bladder emptying disorder - but also the diet plays an important role.

For example, uric acid stones form with supersaturation of the urine with uric acid and are favored by the excessive consumption of meat and salt-rich food.

Therefore, according to health experts, it is generally sensible to eat less meat and to prefer vegetable foods with regard to the risk of urinary stones.

In addition to eating habits, adequate fluid intake is judged to be one of the key factors in preventing urinary stones.

Although it is still a widespread misconception that already occurring complaints can be resolved by increased fluid intake, but drinking enough water or unsweetened drinks, can successfully prevent the formation of bladder stones. (Ad)