Six main causes of bladder stones

Male experts point out that men should pay attention if they have frequent urination, urgent urination, and painful urination, because this is likely caused by a certain disease. For example, bladder stones will cause the above symptoms. Some men may be more confused about what caused them to suffer from bladder stones?

1. Nutritional factors cause bladder stones:

Epidemiological surveys have shown that bladder stones in children have a clear regional distribution and are related to the feeding methods of infants and young children. With the continuous improvement of living standards, the nutritional status of residents has improved significantly, especially improving the nutrition of pregnant women and postpartum women, so that newborns have sufficient breast milk or cow's milk feeding, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of this disease. Bladder stones are now rare in other regions except India, Laos, Thailand, Pakistan and Iran.

2. Bladder stones caused by foreign bodies in the bladder:

Foreign bodies in the bladder such as catheters, surgical sutures, bullet heads, fishing lines, hairpins, wires, etc. can serve as cores for the deposition of urine salts and form stones.

3. Infection causes bladder stones:

Bladder stones are secondary to lower urinary tract obstruction or infection by bladder foreign bodies, especially infection by urea-decomposing bacteria, which can increase urine pH and promote the precipitation of urinary calcium phosphate, ammonium and magnesium salts to form bladder stones.

4. Bladder stones after intestinal bladder enlargement surgery:

Bladder stones in children are now rare except in a few regions, but they increase significantly after enterocystectomy to 36% to 50%, mainly due to intestinal mucus.

5. Bladder exstrophy-epispadias causing bladder stones:

Foreign research reports that among 530 cases of bladder exstrophy and epispadias, 77 had stones, most of which occurred in the bladder. Before bladder and urethral reconstruction, there were anatomical, histological and functional abnormalities, which made it easy to form stones.

6. Lower urinary tract obstruction causes bladder stones:

Many kidney stones, small stones in the ureter, and urine salt crystals formed in an oversaturated state can be discharged into the bladder and excreted with urine. However, when there is lower urinary tract obstruction due to urethral stenosis, congenital malformations, prostatic hyperplasia, bladder neck obstruction, cystocele, diverticulum, tumor, etc., small stones and urine salt crystals will precipitate in the bladder to form bladder stones. This is also the reason why bladder stones are common in male children and the elderly today.