Microstructural analysis of kidney stone expelled during the homeopathic treatment – a case study
International Journal of Development Research
Microstructural analysis of kidney stone expelled during the homeopathic treatment – a case study
Received 19th May, 2017; Received in revised form 05th June, 2017; Accepted 20th July, 2017; Published online 30th August, 2017
Copyright ©2017, Ashish Kumar Jaiswal et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
A patient, aged about 35 years working as a senior executive in the Govt. of India reported with the severe pain in left side of abdomen on 9/7/2016. On preliminary examination, the patient was found anxious, pulse rapid, respiration hurried and temperature was little elevated. The pain was on the left side of abdomen and was radiating towards the urethra. He had an episode of vomiting also. Patient gave the history of similar attacks of abdominal pain 4-5 months back. The USG report revealed Left UV Junction Calculus of size 12.6 X 6.3 mm. After the proper medication for around 3 months, a stone was expelled through the urethra during urination. The expelled stone was characterized in order to analyze its microstructural features and the elemental composition of the corresponding areas using SEM and EDS respectively. Surprisingly the presence of S and Si along with elements such as O, Ca, Mg, Au and Pd is also revealed as depicted in the EDS spectra of the corresponding area of the stone sample under investigation
