Question 1

what is latest and safest treatment for removing kidney stone?

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Depends: It all depends on size of the stone and location. Your doctor should create a treatment plan accordingly. If stone is large, ultrasound waves are used to destroy the stones. Surgery may also be indicated when appropriate.

Question 2

what is good food for removing 2 mm kidney stone at mid calyx of lift kidney?

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Here are some ...: No dietary effort will have any impact to the existing 2-mm stone. But for recurrent stone formers without specific comprehensive stone work-up, a general advice to keep up a daily urine output more than 2500 cc + decrease oral consumption of salt, red meat, &amp; dairy products by &gt;50% is decent and reasonable.

Question 3

m south indian.during my kidney stone surgery my surgeon attached a small tube to my left kidney?why?he said infection?is removing it really painful?

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No: If this was a surgery done through your back to remove the stones, it is very common to leave a tube into the kidney to allow the urine to drain out and the bleeding to stop as well as the swelling to go down. It is not painful to remove this tube.

Question 4

12mm kidney stone?

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Big one: It will require intervention to excise.  Also, get your calcium and parathyroid hormone levels checked.

Question 5

advice for kidney  stone?

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Nephrolithiasis : Drink plenty of water. Catch the stone when you can and get it analyzed.  Let us know if its calcium oxalate or some other forms of stone.  Depending on the stone type, lemonade maybe beneficial. A blood test is advised.

Question 6

how to fight kidney stone?

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Water: There are many foods to avoid or cut back. I would suggest googling those. Really the most important thing is hydration with plenty of water. Rarely, you may need medications, but this shoule be under the guidance of a urologist.

Question 7

kidney stone of 12mm size?

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See Urology: If symptomatic need to se urology ; may need intervention depending upon the location. If recurrent to see a nephrologist for special testing and treatment. Meanwhile increase water intake if ok to do based on other medical or health problems and low sodium diet.

Question 8

how to get a kidney stone?

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What do you mean?: Do you mean how to remove kidney stone or how kidney stone is formed? Kidney stone is formed and resulted from genetic factors and lifestyle leading to "high" concentration of stone ingredients in the urine of low-dissolving ability to form crystal/stone, usually starting at the tips of papillae of kidneys where urine sipping out into the hollow part of kidneys. ...

Question 9

what causes a kidney stone?

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Metabolic issue.: Kidney stones are initiated by metabolic derangements in the handling of urinary oxalate, uric acid or calcium, for example. These derangements can be hereditary, and they allow for crystals of these substances to form.  These crystals serve as a nidus for stone creation.

Question 10

can a kidney stone be 7 cm?

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Check with doctor: I have never seen a 7 cm kidney stone before, but I have seen a 7 millimeter stone accidentally reported as 7 cm. Having said that, i guess anything is theoretically possible. I have seen stones in the renal pelvis on the order of centimeters but this has been as a result of chronic infection and other forms of severe chronic renal pathology.

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