Why do men get urinary stones?

As we all know, urogenital stones are still very common in today's daily life. Men's urinary stones are one of the most common diseases in daily life. This disease is very harmful and has a great impact on men. After suffering from urinary stones, men will have frequent urination, urgency, and urination every day. So how do men get urinary stones? Let's find out.

1. Environmental factors

1. Geographical environment

For example, due to regional differences and different climatic conditions, for example, in hot areas, excessive sweating can cause increased urine concentration, and the increase in high-quality protein content in water makes urinary stones more likely to form.

2. Social Development Standards

Excessive intake of animal protein causes more bladder stones in children and adolescents; areas with abundant fresh fruits and vegetables have an increase in oxalate stones; abundant daily necessities increase upper urinary tract stones, and bladder stones are more common in a few impoverished mountainous areas in Africa.

2. Personal factors

1. Genetic factors

Some autosomal genetic causes of tubular dysfunction, congenital enzyme defects, etc. are all genetic diseases closely related to the formation of urethral stones. The incidence of urethral stones in the families of patients with urethral stones is higher than that in the families of patients without urethral stones.

2. Symptoms

Some diseases such as hyperthyroidism, aldosterone hyperactivity, long-term bed rest, and osteolytic bone tumors may cause urethral stones.

3. Other metabolic abnormalities

In addition to some metabolic abnormalities caused by congenital or acquired diseases, there are also some metabolic abnormalities whose causes are not very clear, such as refractory hypercalcemia and refractory hyperuricemia.

4. Diet structure and body adaptability

People who don't like to drink water have a higher incidence of stones. Eating more dairy products increases calcium absorption, eating more meat increases uric acid in the urine, and eating a lot of broccoli increases the amount of oxalic acid excreted in the urine, which may increase the factors of stone formation. Some people leave their native place for a long time, and some people increase the chance of urinary stones.

5. Medicines

Acetazolamide (a common medicine for treating glaucoma), vitamin D poisoning, a lot of oral vitamin C (can be converted into oxalic acid), corticosteroids, sulfonamides, aspirin, etc. can all cause urethral stones (long-term use).

3. Urinary tract elements

Patients with prostatic hyperplasia have reduced smoothness of the urethra, increased residual urination, and an increased chance of bladder stones turning into enlarged urethra tubes. The urethra tube is naturally narrow, causing hydronephrosis and easy formation of stones.

We need to adjust our diet according to the composition of urinary stones, which can reduce the source of stone components, adjust the pH value in urine, and reduce the chance of stone formation.