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Would you have multiple lithotripsy treatments, or just live with the stones?

After going to A&E with severe pain in my right side, an xray and ct scan picked up kidney stones in both kidneys. I went for litho last week and really suffered a lot of pain the few days afterwards. Ive been sent another appointment for litho and been told will need more on other kidney, but am dreading it now and wonder am I better off just living with the stones, also the time ive had to take off work as sick is mounting up and im worried about that. Im 37year old female.

No have the treatment - the pain will be much less than that caused if one of the stones moves and gets stuck.

New generation extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy system for kidney stone treatment

Lightning strikes twice: while being celebrated for the introduction of lithotripsy to America, Dr. Christian Chaussy was delighted with Dr. Beurt ... An article from: Saturday Evening Post $9.95 This digital document is an article from Saturday Evening Post, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2007. The length of the article is 601 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.Citation DetailsTitle: Lightn...

Technology Assessment and New Kidney Stone Treatment Methods (Oxford Medical Publications) $34.00 As part of a European Community Project aimed at setting up a general health technology assessment research program, this book reviews the technique of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL), which is likely to become the most important method for treatment of kidney stones. The contributors first consider empirical research related to treatment methods, and examine regional variations withi...