Causes of Bladder Stones

The following conditions can contribute to bladder stones:

• An enlarged prostate gland: The prostate gland surrounds the urethra, When the prostate becomes enlarged, it will press against the urethra and interfere with normal urination.

• Weak bladder: The sides and walls of urinary bladder can become weak in certain areas. When this occurs, those weakened areas can form pouches and bulge outward, urine collects and stores in these pouches.

• Infection or inflammation: Harmful bacteria may cause inflammation and lead to a urinary tract infection (UTI). UTIs are common causes of bladder stones.

• Damaged urethra: If the urethra is damaged or injured from disease, illness, or trauma, it may become narrow because of the infection and block the flow of urine from passing.

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Who Is at Risk?

Approximately 95% of patients who develop bladder stones are men—specifically older men (over 50) who have previously had problems with their prostate glands.

Men in their thirties who are prone to consuming high artificial fat and high artificial sugar diets and white sugar, carbonated drinks etc, are more porn to be affected of bladder stones.

Bladder Stones Diagnoses

To confirm diagnosis the following tests may required:

• Ultrasound,
• Urinalysis (to examine urine for crystallization, abnormalities, infections and urine concentration {urine specific gravity}),
• Spiral computerized tomography scan (to checks for complications within the bladder),
• Intravenous pyelogram (The dye highlights any abnormalities found in the bladder, and an x-ray is taken of the highlighted results),
• X-ray (x-ray will show the inside of the bladder and most complications that are present, However, an x-ray may not show every stone that is present).

Allopathic treatment for bladder stones

The only potentially effective medical treatment for bladder calculi is urinary alkalization for the dissolution of uric acid stones. With allopathic drugs stone dissolution may be possible if the urinary pH can be raised to 6.5 or higher. Potassium citrate 60 mEq/day is the treatment of choice.

Cystolitholapaxy

During this invasive procedure, a doctor inserts a cystoscope into the bladder through the urethra to locate the bladder stone, then use a laser or high-frequency sound waves (ultrasound) to break the stone into smaller pieces, then wash out patient’s bladder with fluids to remove the smaller pieces.

Surgery

If bladder stone is especially large, patient may need open surgery to remove it (making a small incision in abdomen). If stone develops because of benign prostate hyperplasia, the urologist may also remove prostate tissue that blocks the urethra.

Homeopathic Medicine for Bladder Stones

It’s very easy to dissolve a bladder stone with Homeopathic medicines, does not matter what materials make up the stone, it will take very short time (2-6 days), without surgeries and very cheap. Most patients completely recover in a week or less. Here are few Homeopathic medicines for bladder stone:

Berberis Vulgaris

Berberis Vulgaris is the top listed medicines for urinary tract stones. Pain in kidney that radiates down the ureter and into the urinary bladder, shooting/pulsating pains, stitching pains which are cutting or stinging in nature and with urging to urinate. The pain may worsen from motion or jarring movement. Urine may be yellow and may contain slimy sediments, kidney region is sensitive to touch, Bubbling sensation in region of kidneys. Sediments in urine, bloody urine, dark colored urine.

Pareira Brava

Useful in renal colic, prostatic affections, and catarrh of bladder. Sensation as if bladder were distended, with pain. Pain going down thigh.

Urinae black, bloody, thick with mucus. Constant urging; great straining; pain down thighs during efforts to urinate. Can emit urine only when he goes on his knees, pressing head firmly against the floor. Feeling of the bladder being distended and neuralgic pain in the anterior crural region. (Staph.) Dribbling after micturition. (Selen.) Violent pain in glans penis. Itching along urethra; urethritis, with prostatic trouble. Inflammation of urethra; becomes almost cartilaginous.

pain from the kidney radiates down to the thigh sometimes radiate down to the feet to the glans (during urination) from the kidney region. Constant urge to urinate. Urine is passed with severe pain. Red sand and sometimes sticky mucus may be observed in the urine.

Hedeoma Pulegioides

Nervous disturbances. Red sand in urine. Pain along ureter, heavy feeling in morning. Sore pain, as from a cut. Weak, faint; better, lying down. Gastritis. Everything taken into stomach causes pain. Tongue coated thin white. Nausea. Abdomen distended, sore, and sensitive.

Urine – frequent urging, cutting pains. Pain along ureter. Dragging, burning pains from kidney to bladder. Burning irritation at neck of bladder causing frequent intense desire to urinate and inability to retain urine for more than few minutes, better urinating, with much backache; worse, least movement. Bearing-down spasmodic contractions.

Lycopodium Clavatum

Lycopodium Clavatum is an excellent choice when there is micturition especially nocturnal, pain worsens before urination, scanty urination, pain subsides after passing urine. Red sediments or bloody urine. In some cases, the urine may be purulent, turbid, or pale.

Foamy urine – deep colored, with yellow or reddish sediment. Sometimes clear, transparent urine, having a heavy, red, crystallized sediment. Stitches in the neck of the bladder and in the anus at the same time.

Hydrangea Arborescens

Hydrangea Arborescens is popularly known as the stone breaker. Hydrangea Arborescens is used to crush kidney stones, stones in ureter as well as bladder, acts especially on bladder neck (even prostate). A significant symptom to look out for is white deposits or yellow sand in urine.

Sarsaparilla Officinalis

Renal colic; marasmus and periosteal pains due to venereal disease. Urine scanty, slimy, flaky, sandy, bloody. Gravel/kidney stones. Renal colic. Painful urination. Urine dribbles while sitting. Bladder distended and tender. Sand on diaper. Renal colic and dysuria in infants. Tenesmus of bladder; urine passes in thin, feeble stream. Pain at meatus. Sever pain at end of micturition, just as the urine ceases to flow; inability to urinate freely except in the standing position, when sitting it only dribbles; excessive pain in urethra which may run back into abdomen; passage of gravel like grey sand. Renal colic and dysuria in infants with passage of sand.

Ocimum Canum

Diminution or suppression of the urinary secretions. Urine albuminoids; strong-scented (high-colored, smelling of violets, apparently full of bile); dark brown (porter-colored) and scanty; deposits bright-red sediment. Bright’s disease.

Tabacum

Renal colic; violent pains along ureters; cold sweat; deathly nausea. Paralysis of sphincter, constant dribbling. Enuresis. Urine yellowish red, with increased secretion. Inflammation of the orifice of the urethra.

Epigea Repens

Chronic cystitis, dysuria; tenesmus after micturition; muco-pus and uric-acid deposit, gravel, kidney stones. Fine sand in urine of a brown color. Micturition. Pyelitis, incontinence of urine.

Pareria Brava

Kidney stones. Renal colic, prostatic affections, and catarrh of bladder. Sensation as if bladder were distended, with pain. Pain going down thigh. Urine black, bloody, thick with mucus. Constant urging; great straining; pain down thighs during efforts to urinate. Can emit urine only when he goes on his knees, pressing head firmly against the floor. Feeling of the bladder being distended and neuralgic pain in the anterior crural region. Dribbling after micturition. Violent pain in glans penis. Itching along urethra; urethritis, with prostatic trouble. Inflammation of urethra; becomes almost cartilaginous.

Stigmata Maydis

Suppression and retention. Kidney stones. Dysuria. Renal lithiasis; nephritic colic; blood and red sand in urine. Tenesmus after urinating. Vesical catarrh. Gonorrhea. Cystitis.

Argentum Nitricum

Urethra inflamed, with splinter like pain, burning, itching. Kidney stones. Urine scanty and dark. Emission of a few drops after having finished. Divided stream. Hematuria.

Xanthorrhoea Arborea

Severe pain in kidneys, cystitis & kidney stones. Pain from ureter to bladder & testicles. Flank pain.

Fabiana Imbricata

Uric acid diathesis, cystitis, gonorrhea, prostatitis, dysuria, vesical catarrh with suppurative prostatic conditions; post-gonorrheal urinary conditions; cholestasis and liver affections. Vesical tenesmus and burning after urination. Excoriating urine and kidney stones.

Acid Benzoicum

Repulsive odor; changeable color; brown, acid. Enuresis; dribbling. kidney stones. Excess of uric acid. Vesical catarrh from suppressed gonorrhea. Cystitis.

Acid Nitricum

Urine scanty, dark, offensive. Smells like horse’s urine. Cold on passing. Burning and stinging. Urine bloody and albuminous. Alternation of cloudy, phosphatic urine with profuse urinary secretion in old prostatic cases. Kidney stones.

Nitroso Muriatic Acid

Kidney stones. Oxaluria, almost a specific. Urine cloudy, burning in urethra. Urging in penis and bladder; aching in hips, thighs, and small of back; after a short delay some pale urine passed.

Medorrhinum

Intense renal colic; severe pain in ureters, with sensation as of passage of calculus; during kidney

attack, great craving for cold. Kidney stones, great pressure in bladder, greater than amount of urine warrants; urine scanty and high colored. Pain in renal region, profuse urination. Urine covered with thick oily pellicle; intensely yellow. Slow flow: cutting across root of penis transversely just as last drops are voided; intermittent. Syncope after urination.

Dioscorea Villosa

Writhing with dry and crampy pains, with passing of renal calculus. Spasmodic stricture of urethra, with pain about navel.

Sepia Officinalis

Red adhesive sand in urine. Chronic cystitis, slow micturition with bearing down sensation. Kidney stones. Urine highly offensive. Pains from other parts to back, attended with shuddering. Slow urination.

Eryngium Aquaticum

Kidney stones. Strangury, etc, with nervous erethism. Thick, yellow mucous discharges. Uridrosis, sweat of urinous odor in evening. Tenesmus of bladder and urethra. Difficult and frequent micturition. Pain behind pubes. Spasmodic stricture. Renal colic. Congestion of kidneys with dull pain in back, radiating to ureters and limbs. Irritable bladder from enlarged prostate gland.

Natural Remedies to Treat Bladder Stones

1. Pineapple Juice, Rose Water, Sugar Candy (misri)

You have likely heard of pineapple juice and rose water but may be wondering what misri is.

The medical term misri is a sugar candy lump or type of confectionary mineral (natural sweet mineral). To reap the benefits of this remedy, mix 100 ml of pineapple juice, 10 grams (g) of sugar candy, and 100 ml of rose water together and let it sit overnight.

The next morning, it’s ready to use; One teaspoon on an empty stomach thrice a day. It will provide immediate relief to bladder stone symptoms.

2. White Goosefoot Juice

The white goosefoot plant (chenopodium). To get the best effects from it, grind 50 g of white goosefoot leaves in 125 ml of water and take one teaspoon thrice a day for two weeks. This will help dissolve the bladder stones.

3. Horse Gram, Radish Juice

The scientific term for horse gram is Macrotyloma uniflorum. It is a legume/seed and is an excellent source of iron. To get the full effects, you want to boil 6 g of horse gram and 25 ml of extracted radish juice in 125 ml water. After straining it, drink it first thing in the morning on an empty stomach. This will help break down the stones.

4. Watermelon Seed Kernels

Consuming the kernels from watermelon on a daily basis will help break down the stones so they can pass through the urine.

5. Grapes Leaves, Grapes Juice

Boil 20 g of grapes leaves in a cup of water and filter it. Then mix in 20 ml of grape juice and take it thrice a day (one teaspoon).

6. Marigold (Calendula) Petals, Sugar Candy

Also known as calendula, marigold is an herbaceous plant and can be used in salads. For the best results, combine and Misri/sugar candy in a glass of distilled water . Take one teaspoon thrice a day for a weak minimum.

7. Onion Juice

Drink 5 g or 1 ounce of onion juice on an empty stomach. The bladder stones will dissolve quicker if taken on a daily basis.

8. Puncture Wine, Horse Gram

Grind 3 g of cucumber and kernel seeds, 3 g of  muskmelon kernel seeds, 4 g of horse gram, 6 g of melon kernel seeds, and 4 g of puncture wine (Tribulus Terrestris) and 4 gr of cantaloupe seeds. Boil the ingredients in 180 ml of water and add Misri to it. Take thrice a day on empty stomach.

9. Black Salt, Aluminum Chloride, Cucumber

Black salt or pink Himalayan salt condiment and aluminum chloride (Noshadar). For best results, sprinkle black salt and aluminum chloride onto cucumber slices and consume on a daily basis for one week only.

P. S: This article is only for doctors having good knowledge about Homeopathy and allopathy, for learning purpose(s).

For proper consultation and treatment, please visit our clinic.

None of above-mentioned medicine(s) is/are the full/complete treatment but just hints for treatment; every patient has his/her own constitutional medicine.

Dr. Sayyad Qaisar Ahmed (MD {Ukraine}, DHMS), Abdominal Surgeries, Oncological surgeries, Gastroenterologist, Specialist Homeopathic Medicines.

 Senior research officer at Dnepropetrovsk state medical academy Ukraine.

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