dArNa!

I wonder bakit nilulunok ni Darna yung bato...eh mahirap kaya magkabato sa katawan.

Ay naku, galit ako sa bato.

Etong mami ko, idol ata si Darna. Ewan ko bat andami bato sa katawan. Actually, yung pamilya nila parang meron gravel and sand factory sa katawan…kidney stones, galstones..

My mom has been admitted to the hospital 2 weekends in a row. 2 weeks ago she was admitted at Room 414, after 4D/3N she was discharged. After 4 days, pa confine ulit sa Room 413 naman. Aba teka, para palang vacation trip! 4D/3N! ahehehe.

Now im curious about Urinary Tract stones. Information below is taken from website Kidney Stones in Adults and Merck

Urinary Tract consists of kidneys, ureters, bladder, and urethra

Kidneys: The kidneys remove extra water and wastes from the blood, producing urine. They also keep a stable balance of salts and other substances in the blood. The kidneys produce hormones that help build strong bones and form red blood cells.

Ureters are the narrow tubes that carry urine from kidneys to bladder. Dito daw meron bato ang mami ngayon.

Bladder is a hollow, muscular, balloon shaped organ that lies in your pelvis. It collects urine from your kidneys and stores it until it is full enough to empty through the urethra. main function is to store and release urine. Nerves in the bladder tell you when it is time to urinate.

Urethra is a tube through which urine moves from the urinary bladder out of the body.

STONES

Tiny stones may cause no symptoms, but larger stones can cause excruciating pain in the area between the ribs and hips.

Usually, an imaging test and an analysis of urine are done to diagnose stones.
Sometimes, stone formation can be prevented by changing the diet.
Stones that do not pass on their own are removed with lithotripsy or an endoscopic technique.

Causes
Stones may form because the urine becomes too saturated with salts that can form stones or because the urine lacks the normal inhibitors of stone formation. Citrate is such an inhibitor, because it normally binds with the calcium that is often involved in forming stones. About 80% of the stones are composed of calcium, and the remainder are composed of various substances, including uric acid, cystine, and struvite.

Stones are more common in people with certain disorders (for example, hyperparathyroidism and short bowel syndrome) and in people whose diet is very high in protein or vitamin C or who do not consume enough water (aray!) or calcium. People who have a family history of stone formation are more likely to have calcium stones and to have them more often. Struvite stones—a mixture of magnesium, ammonium, and phosphate—are also called infection stones, because they form only in infected urine.

Hey, I will not entertain questions, OK? Trivia lang to, bawal magtanong.