As summer arrives, the number of people suffering from urinary stones increases, with over half of the patients being men aged 20 to 45, and most of them are calcium oxalate stones.
The reason is very simple: excessive sweating, less urination, drinking little plain water, and consuming more beverages.
Many patients with urinary tract stones don't like to drink water, and some don't drink at all if they don't feel thirsty.
Wang Keming, Chief Physician of the Urology Department at Tianjin Third Central Hospital, said that summer already involves more sweating and less urination. If water intake is reduced at this time, it will cause the salts in the urine that form stone crystals to become supersaturated, leading to crystal deposition and urinary tract stones.
Another, more serious situation is that some people are too busy to drink plain water but consume beverages and beer bottle after bottle. This habit can accelerate the formation of stones. This is because the oxalate rich in juice is the most common component of stones, and beer causes rapid diuresis after consumption, leading to short-term dehydration in the body. Therefore, people who love drinking beverages and beer but rarely drink water have a higher chance of developing stones.
The most direct way to prevent the high incidence of urinary stones is to drink fewer beverages, drink more water, and urinate more. A person's daily liquid intake should be maintained at more than 2500-3000 milliliters. If using a standard mineral water bottle as a reference, this would be 5-6 bottles. Consequently, the daily urine output should also be kept above 2000 to 2500 milliliters.
Even if you are not thirsty, when you notice that your urine is dark yellow, it means your body is already dehydrated and you need to replenish fluids immediately.
Abnormal body metabolism, obstruction, infection, or foreign objects in the urinary tract, and medications are also common causes of stone formation.