What are the typical symptoms of bladder stones?

Bladder stones are a common urinary system disease, with a higher incidence in men than in women. Bladder stones are often accompanied by severe pain, which seriously affects the patient's daily life. What are the symptoms of bladder stones?

Bladder Stone Symptoms

1. Pain during urination: Pain may be caused by the irritation of the bladder mucosa by the stones. It may be dull pain in the lower abdomen and perineum, or it may be obvious or severe pain. The pain may be aggravated after activity, and may be relieved by changing body position. It is often accompanied by symptoms of frequent urination, urgency, and pain during urination, and the pain may be aggravated at the end of urination.

2. Urinary dysfunction: When stones are embedded in the bladder neck, obvious urination difficulties may occur, with typical urination interruptions, and may also cause acute urinary retention.

3. Hematuria: Most cases are terminal hematuria. When bladder stones are complicated by infection, bladder irritation symptoms and purulent urine may occur.

Treatment options

The principle of treating bladder stones is to remove the stones and correct the cause of the stones. When the bladder infection is serious, antibiotics should be used for treatment.

Small stones can be discharged through the urethra on their own. For larger stones that cannot be discharged on their own, intravesical lithotripsy can be performed. Lithotripsy methods include extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy, liquid electroshock lithotripsy, ultrasonic lithotripsy, and lithotripsy with a lithotripsy forceps. For larger stones and the absence of lithotripsy equipment, suprapubic cystolithotomy can be performed. For patients with concurrent bladder infection, the inflammation should be actively treated at the same time.

When friends show the above symptoms, they should pay attention and go to the hospital for examination and treatment in time.