In my last question I asked about my 10mm (1cm) stone. I have gotten several answers ranging from that is a very small kidney stone to thats a monster of a kidney stone. I was told a the ER that it was to larger to pass.. Which is it???
2006-11-17 17:21:34 · 8 answers · asked by GI 5 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
In terms of as kidney stones go: it is Moby Dick.
Any stone is a big stone and the most painful thing I have ever witnesses. My husband gets them and it is horrible. He had laser surgery that was supposed to be a simple day surgery but he was so butchered he had to stay in the hospital 4 days bleeding profusely and in intolerable pain.
Then they told him they did not get all of the stone.
An 8mm pearl is considered a large pearl. A 10mm pearl is huge.
It won't pass. Maybe you can have lithotripsy. It is non-invasive and relatively painless. It breaks up the stones so they can pass. My husband had it in Europe and he said it was fine and he passed the gravel left over but the laser surgery is horrible and I would not recommend it to anyone.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007113.htm
2006-11-17 17:26:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1 cm is pretty big. Stones less than 5 mm will usually pass spontaneously... I've never had kidney stones (just gallstones--had my gallbladder removed to take care of that), but passing a 1/2 cm stone sounds like it would REALLY hurt!
What did the people in the emergency department tell you? Are they referring you to someone to get it taken care of?
2006-11-17 17:25:53 · answer #2 · answered by Erika S 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Simple. Just ask a doctor how big it is. The more centimeters, the larger a stone is.
2006-11-17 17:25:03 · answer #3 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a pretty big stone and you probably won't be able to pass it. Listen to your doctor and do what he tells you to do.
2006-11-17 17:32:35 · answer #4 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would go with what the professionals in the ER told me. Did they say anything about using ultrasound to break it up so it can pass?
2006-11-17 18:40:55 · answer #5 · answered by rosey 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought we answered you well. Go to Webmd for more. If the ER says it's too big to pass why does it matter just how big it is? Get out a metric ruler and see how big 1 cm is. You're welcome.
2006-11-17 17:32:57 · answer #6 · answered by winkcat 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I would ask the doctor, they will tell you whether it's too large to pass.
2006-11-18 03:38:16 · answer #7 · answered by frustrated 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Listen to the doctors and not the Yahoos on here.
2006-11-17 17:23:40 · answer #8 · answered by butrcupps 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋