What is Sand Pouring?
A perfectly healthy person undergoing routine urine tests may find out that they have sand in their urine. This is why doctors often refer to it as an asymptomatic condition, when calcium and uric acid crystals – a large number of small solid particles – are excreted in the urine. Normally they should dissolve and not be visible under a microscope.
This indicates that a person is at high risk of developing kidney sand. Urolithiasis represents the formation of stones in the kidneys, ureter or bladder. To prevent such a scenario, it is necessary to begin prevention of urolithiasis (ICD) right away.
Phytotherapy still plays an important role in the treatment of the body. For example, the plant components Kanefron H – plant flavonoids, essential oils and organic acids – support the functioning of the kidneys and urinary tract. The unique fitoneer technology by which the drug is produced involves quality control at all stages of production: from creating your own combination of seeds to analyzing the content of active substances in tablets and drops. All this guarantees the clinical efficacy of the phytopreparation.
As soon as sand is detected in urine tests, you should start consulting a doctor and getting the necessary support. This prevents many pathological processes in the urinary system and often stops the process of stone formation. Untreated kidney sand can cause much more serious problems in the future..
Causes of Sand Pouring
Urine removes various minerals (e.g. calcium) and uric acid as dissolved salts. When these molecules lose their ability to dissolve, they precipitate – sand forms in the urine, the causes are as follows:
- Drinking hard water containing high amounts of mineral salts
- Alcohol abuse, including wines
- Sulfa drugs, antibiotic use
- Eating too much protein
- Inadequate water intake, dehydration attacks
- Kidney and urinary tract infections
- Problems with the gastrointestinal tract
- Some hereditary fermentopathies
The list is not complete, there can be many causes of sand in the kidneys. With medicinal and preventive purpose doctors prescribe phytotherapy in complex treatment. One of the modern herbal preparations is Canephron N. The benefits of using the phytopreparation are to improve the physicochemical properties of urine, normalize its acidity. A balanced composition improves the dissolution of salt crystals (sand) by making urine slightly acidic and also has anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antioxidant and moderately diuretic effects. Sand is therefore easily excreted through the urinary tract.
Symptoms of Sand Spillage
The first stage of urolithiasis is characterized by a long asymptomatic period. The person may not know they have kidney problems for years until they pass the test.
Symptoms showing sand in the kidneys occur when the process is complicated by an infection or when dense salt deposits begin to precipitate and are excreted in the urine.
In such cases, the crystals scratch the walls of the ureter and urethra, causing pain and blood in the urine. As a rule, these are the symptoms of sand in the kidneys that can cause you to see a doctor:
- Low back pain, mostly on one side;
- Mild prolonged fever;
- Burning during urination throughout the action;
- Red color of urine from blood admixture.
With the appearance of symptoms, you need to consult a doctor for help and take tests to clarify the diagnosis. You can start taking some herbal supplements before going to the doctor, as they will already start to have an anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and moderately diuretic effect. Until the details of the condition of the kidneys become clear, it is categorically not recommended to engage in self-medication.
Sand Bulk Treatment Methods
When identifying and clarifying the cause of sand in the kidneys, treatment should begin as soon as possible. If treatment is delayed, large stones can form. Due to injury from salt crystals in the urinary tract, the process is often complicated by infection.
Effective treatment of sand in the kidneys prevents all these dangerous problems. Canephron N is recommended for the removal of salts: tablets are taken 2 pieces three times a day from the age of 12 years. The stone starts to move faster and soon falls. The daily dose for the liquid form is 150 drops, divided into three doses of 50 drops at a time.
Phytoneering technology provides a verified, balanced amount of active substances of plant origin in each tablet: phthalides, essential oils, bitterness, phenol carboxylic acids. The components enhance the effect of each other, accelerate the onset of the therapeutic effect.
Unlike phytoneering technology, traditional herbal preparations and infusions cannot guarantee a balanced composition. In order to enhance the effect of taking Canephron N, especially with concomitant urinary tract infection, and to prevent recurrence of microliths, the doctor may recommend extending the course of treatment for a further three months.
First of all, in the treatment of kidney stones it is necessary to relieve the attack of renal colic. The next stages of treatment are removal of the stone, treatment of the infection and prevention of recurrence of stones.
Currently, treatment of urolithiasis includes conservative and surgical methods of therapy.
Conservative treatment – treatment with medicines, diet and drinking regime. It can be quite effective if kidney stones are small (up to 3 mm – sand in the kidneys). Modern medicine uses medicines that can dissolve stones when used. But remember that the use of these drugs is only possible under the supervision of a urologist. In case of an already started inflammatory process, antibiotic treatment is also prescribed.
Instrumental or surgical treatment is treatment in which large stones are removed from patients with complications during surgery. Operative methods include stone crushing with a shock wave (remote lithotripsy).
Remote shockwave lithotripsy is the effect on a kidney stone in the urinary tract with a very short duration shockwave. This technique is the most preferred method because it is most easily tolerated by patients. Unfortunately, it is not always possible to break up urinary stones in this way.
How is Sand Shedding Diagnosed?
It is not enough to identify grains of sand and sediment in the urine, you still need to find the localization of the cause of the sand in the kidneys, not the cause in the bladder. This can be done using instrumental methods:
Ultrasound of the kidneys and urinary tract;
- Contrast urography;
- CT or MRG of the urinary tract;
- Endoscopic technique – examination of the urinary tract with a thin endoscope inserted through the urethra.
Ultrasound of the kidneys provides the most information: the sand on it is visualized in the form of a suspension or sediment in the renal cavity. If the size of the grains is less than 4 mm, they are considered to be sand grains with more than 0.4 cm microliths.
Additional diagnostic methods for sand in the kidneys, such as CT, blood tests and urine cultures, urography or endoscopy, are indicated to clarify the cause of salt deposition (anatomical features, infection) and the extent of stone formation.
But is it worth taking Canephron N at the diagnostic stage? It is better to consult a doctor first. Improving the condition from the herbal components of the drug can blur the picture of the disease, making it less obvious.
How to Prevent Sand Spillage?
Relapses of sand in the kidneys are very common. Certain types of stones in particular have a 65% chance of reappearing after a complete treatment. This is because a person often consumes unhealthy water at their place of residence. It is difficult to give up bad habits, hereditary fermentopathy, etc. It is impossible to fix it.
However, the contraindications for sand in the kidneys consist precisely in excluding the causes of stone formation: drink plenty of fluids, balance the diet according to a specific type of stone. If negative factors cannot be completely eliminated, preventive measures should be taken periodically.
Safe and effective prophylaxis for sand in the kidneys – reception kanefron H twice a year for three months. Herbal ingredients are safe and effective. Not contraindicated during pregnancy.
