Chiayi man has 24 bladder stones removedUNWELCOME GUESTS Bladder stones can result from genetic predisposition, diet, a lack of consistent hydration, age or a number of other conditionsBy Esme Yeh / Staff reporter, with CNAAn elderly man in Chiayi County recently had 24 stones removed from his bladder that a urologist surmised had been there for at least 10 years. Yang Ming Hospital urologist Huang Tsai-pei (黃才倍) yesterday said the man had rarely visited a urologist and did not know he had so many bladder stones. People with bladder stones usually have no notion of them except for experiencing voiding difficulties or blood in the urine, particularly because the bladder has great elasticity to stretch out to hold urine, he said. Stones removed from a man’s bladder are pictured in Chiayi County yesterday. The man had hard bladder stones with smooth surfaces, which could not be shattered via non-invasive method as easily as more loosely accreted stones in other patients, Huang said.
