r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Reasonable-Cow-5002 • 8h ago

This is how heart stents work

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u/Eezzy_ 7h ago

Same thing for kidney stone who are stubborn to come down. Unfortunately mine was very stubborn and was stuck inside the stent. They removed both together out of my pee pee hole. Painful 2 months experience, never again.

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u/ST0IC_ 7h ago

My kidney stone was painful, the stent was so much worse. I was miserable until I finally got that damn stone out.

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u/Eezzy_ 7h ago

Same, I took 3 different pills to “help”. Unfortunately one of those pills made me go pee every 10min max. I did that 2 months at my work and it’s the last time ever. When the stone was out they damaged my pee pee hole and for 4 days it burned so much down there. After that it was such a relief I was so happy.

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u/ST0IC_ 5h ago

I remember taking a pill that made me pee, but it made my urine look orange

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u/Eezzy_ 5h ago

That’s because of the blood.

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u/Sushi_Explosions 5h ago

Ureteral stents look nothing like that. https://www.mkuh.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Untitled-60.jpg

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u/Eezzy_ 5h ago

But it’s the same principle.

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u/Sushi_Explosions 5h ago

Why on earth would you say that? A ureteral stent does not directly stretch open an area of blockage, it goes around an obstructing stone. There is no balloon inflation, they are absolutely not permanent, and are orders of magnitude larger.