Rate of kidney stone cases high among Omanis


Staff Report



Muscat: Omani residents have a high rate of kidney stone problems due to the climatic conditions in the region, diet habits and genetic predisposition, according to a top urologist.

"It is difficult to give exact figures but out of 40 patients we get, 32 have kidney stone complaints," Dr Eddu S. Srinath, a well-known urologist in Oman, said on Thursday.

Dr Srinath has worked with the government-owned Royal Hospital and now works at the private Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic.

Even the Ministry of Health statistics do not show the number of kidney stone patients in the country.

With such a high ratio, the country had only three lithotripters - the latest equipment to removed kidney stones without surgery.

Now Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic has installed the only fourth generation lithotripter machine.

"It is part of a community initiative taken by the clinic despite the huge cost of acquiring the machine," said Abdul Lathif, the managing director of Badr Al Samaa Polyclinic.

Dr Srinath called the Middle East a 'stone bed' as there is a high number of kidney stone cases not only in Middle East but also in Afghanistan, Pakistan and North India.

"The non-vegetarian diet also plays a significant part in formation of kidney stones," he said.

In Oman, expatriates have to endure pain for days as government hospitals give preference to the nationals.

With the first lithotripter machine now available with a private clinic, Dr Srinath said: "Given the low cost at our clinic, expatriates would benefit a lot from this facility."

The senior doctor claimed that over 65 per cent of kidney stone cases can be resolved without surgery with this new fourth generation machine, which is the first of its kind in the private health sector of Oman.

The state-of-the-art Siemens modularis Litho-tripter machine is known as Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripter (ESWL) and is very effective in the non-surgical procedure that disintegrates kidney stones.

With demand for private sector health facilities increasing, especially among expatriate population, Badr Al Samaa is planning to spread its wings to the other parts of the country, like Nizwa, Salalah, and Sohar.

"In Sohar, we propose to open a multi-speciality hospital but we are waiting for final approvals from the local authorities," revealed Abdul Lathif.

Source (http://archive.gulfnews.com/region/Oman/10053105.html)

....when i first read this news, i was like this:o.....But then i remembered that few of my relatives have been admitted in the past few years suffering from the kidney stone thing........

......General Questions......


*Have you ever suffered from pain of Kidney stones?

*Has any of your relatives been through this?

*As you know that there is an increase in this caes, would you try to control your diet and eat more vegetables?



........Doctors Questions........


*Is it that seriouse situation if the person had it for a very long time?

*What sort of food diet would you advice us to have?

*What is the relation between the climate, food diet and the kidney stone to occur as mentioned in the report aabove? please exaplaine further?

*Is it that seriouse situation if the person had it for a very long time?

*What sort of food diet would you advice us to have?

*What is the relation between the climate, food diet and the kidney stone to occur as mentioned in the report aabove? please exaplaine further?

1- The pain caused by renal stones can be unbearable & many times only narcotic drugs like Pethidine/Morphine can help the patient, besides it is a risk factor for developing urinary tract infections & damage & scarring of the kidney & eventually kidney failure

2- Alot of clear fluids, avoiding high salt & high protein diet, fiber in diet...etc

3- Hot climate itself won't do much damage unless deacreased intake of fluids is associated with it

Stones can be classified into different types, calcium stones which are the most common type, but low calcium diet won't prevent further clacium stones from developing, the calcium needs to combine with another subtance to form the stones, such as oxalate, which if found in tomatoes, thus people with renal stones are advised to avoid tomatoes, spinach...etc

Cystine stones are another type which is hereditary, uric acid stones are associated with the condition known as gout

....Sanks Hitman for the information......it was really useful....:)

....but one questions regarding this info.

Stones can be classified into different types, calcium stones which are the most common type, but low calcium diet won't prevent further clacium stones from developing, the calcium needs to combine with another subtance to form the stones, such as oxalate, which if found in tomatoes, thus people with renal stones are advised to avoid tomatoes, spinach...etc

...If some one was anemic and was asked not to have the baove vegs. is there other method to resolve the problem?.....

...If some one was anemic and was asked not to have the above vegs. is there other method to resolve the problem?.....

Why should the anaemics avoid vegetables?

Why should the anaemics avoid vegetables?


...Its just what you mentioned above, regarding tomatoes and spinach...etc

....as many doctors try to advice the anaemic person to have more of them.....

...I am just saying that what if the anaemic person is suffering from the kidney stone, what would be the advice to be given to them in this case?....

Ok Farasha, I got you now

Anyway, liver is one of the best sources of iron & so are the sardines

Avoiding spinach won't do any harm