What are kidney stones? Kidney st...

What are kidney stones?

Kidney stones are hard perspicuouss that your body makes from waste cropss in your urine. If these plains are big enough, they can obtain stuck in your bladder or urinary tract (see drawing). This can be same painful.

Who achieves kidney stones and why?

Kidney stones are more belonging to all in men, but women also can learn them. Most people who commit to memory them are between 30 and 50 years of advanced age Kidney stones usually are caused on not drinking enough water and eating too a great deal meat or salty foods. You are more likely to gain kidney stones if someone in your family has had them. Kidney stones also can be caused by the agency of urinary tract infections.

in what manner do I know if I have a kidney stone?

Kidney stones usually cause bad crampy pain in your side. The pain can influence toward your groin. You may be moved sick to your stomach or have life-current in your urine. You also may have a flush Your doctor can take x-rays or do a urine proof to see if you have kidney stones.

for what cause are kidney stones treated?

You might be able to pass the stone in your urine if it is small enough. Your doctor can give you medicine to help with the pain. If the stone is too big, your doctor can use a special machine that breaks the stone into smaller pieces. Your doctor also can impose a very thin telescope into your urethra (say: yoo-REETH-ra) to find the stone. Then he or she can hap it out or break it into smaller pieces. If your doctor does this, he or she will give you medicine to torpid the area first. Sometimes surgery is the and nothing else way to get rid of kidney stones.

What can I do to continue from getting another kidney stone?

mostly people with kidney stones have a 50-50 chance of getting another the same within 10 years. But there are things you can do to lower your risk:

* Drink enough fluids to make 2 liters of urine by day (about 2 quarts).

* Do not eat more than 1500 mg of salt by day (about 1 teaspoon). This includes salt in prepackaged commons Check nutrition labels to descry how much salt (sodium) is in your food

* Do not eat more than pair servings of meat per day. Each serving should be about 6 to 8 ounce (the size of a clothe of cards).

* Eat a moderate amount of subsistences with calcium, such as milk, cheese, and other dairy fares If your kidney stones are made from calcium, you do not have to stop eating dairy provenders One or two servings by day is okay.

If you have had more than the same kidney stone, your doctor might send out you to a specialist to find the exact cause of your stones. more [i]or[/i] less people need medicine to withhold from getting another kidney stone.

Where can I memorize more information?

Your doctor.

American Urological Association Telephone: 1-866-RING AUA (1-866-746-4282) Web site: http://www.auanet.org

National Kidney and Urologic Diseases Information Clearinghouse Web site: http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/kudiseases/topics/stones.asp July 2006

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