Kidney stone – Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone

L'Architetto Silenzioso delle Pietre: Affrontare la Malattia Renale da Acido Urico

Uric acid stones are the one type of kidney stone that can often be dissolved with medication rather than surgery — if they are recognised in time. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone reflects on presenting this topic at the 27th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Cambodian Society of Surgery, and what it taught him about diagnosing the silent architect behind recurrent stones.

Prevenzione e Gestione dei Calcoli Renali: Una Guida Moderna per Restare Senza Calcoli

I calcoli renali sono uno dei problemi urologici più comuni e anche tra i più prevenibili. Il dottor Soarawee Weerasopone, urologo del Bangkok Hospital, spiega perché si formano i calcoli, le abitudini che riducono realmente le recidive e quando diventa necessario un trattamento come la litotrissia extracorporea (ESWL).

L'evoluzione del trattamento della pietra: dalle zone di guerra alla guarigione high-tech

The technology that breaks kidney stones without a single incision began with an accidental wartime observation. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, traces the story of ESWL from that discovery to today’s lithotripters — and explains what each generation actually changed for patients.

La terza generazione di istruzioni per i pazienti ESWL

What actually happens in the days after shockwave lithotripsy on a 3rd-generation machine — the one used at Bangkok Hospital Headquarters. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone sets out the expected effects, the risks worth knowing, and the warning signs that need attention.

Uric Acid Stones: The One Kidney Stone That Can Be Dissolved

Uric acid is the only stone that medication can actually dissolve. What that involves, why the stone type has to be proven first, the blood-potassium caution nobody mentions, and why these stones say something about your metabolism.

Waiting for a Stone to Pass: Does Medication Actually Help?

Most small ureteric stones pass by themselves, and a tablet is often added to help them along. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains what the large trials actually showed about that tablet, the side effect men are rarely warned about, and — the part usually missing — how long it is safe to keep waiting.

Ureteric Stone Pain: What Helps, and the Symptoms That Cannot Wait

Ureteric colic is one of the most severe pains there is — and the dangerous version does not hurt more, it comes with a fever. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone explains what genuinely helps before you are seen, corrects the advice to drink your way through an attack, and sets out what needs an emergency department tonight.

Potassium Citrate for Kidney Stones: What It Can and Cannot Do

Patients often hope a tablet will make a kidney stone disappear. Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, explains what potassium citrate genuinely does — dissolving one stone type, preventing another — and where its limits lie.

Come funziona la ESWL di quarta generazione?

Non tutti i litotritori a onde d'urto sono uguali. Il dottor Soarawee Weerasopone, urologo del Bangkok Hospital, spiega cosa hanno aggiunto le macchine ESWL di quarta generazione rispetto a quelle precedenti, quali sono realmente i tassi di successo in base alle dimensioni del calcolo e quale generazione viene utilizzata oggi presso la sede centrale del Bangkok Hospital.

Istruzioni per il paziente post-ESWL

Blood in the urine, a stone street in the ureter, fragments that quietly regrow — Dr. Soarawee Weerasopone, urologist at Bangkok Hospital, sets out what actually happens in the days after shockwave lithotripsy, the real risk figures, and the warning signs that need urgent attention.

Categoria: Calcolo renale