Just had a lithotripsy, i.e a simple procedure using extracorporeal shock wave, to pulverise/blast my kidney stones on February 27, 2006 at a private hospital in Penang. I was relief as it is non-surgical or need to plucked out through a tube threaded through the ureter!
But today, StarMag under Fit for Life section reported that a study in the May issue of the Journal of Urology on "lithotripsy recipients were nearly 4 times more likely to have diabetes and 50% more apt to have hypertension than were those not exposed to the shock-wave technology"
OMG! How come my doctor did not advise me on the consequences? Can't do much. He has migrated to Australia.
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