A member asked:

I have a 0.7 cm non-obstructing kidney stone at the right side of my kidney. can it be carried through water therapy? its been almost a month.

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Dr. James Lin answered

Probably not..., but: The described 0.7-cm size is large than what professionally advised to wait and see. Generally speaking, some 85 % of stones of <0.4 cm would pass through ureter in 2 wks; but it doesn't mean the <0.4-cm ones would always pass and the >0.4-cm ones would never pass. Yet, if stone-related pain is tolerable and the dilation of ureter.Kidney is not severe, few >0.4 cm stones may pass in 1-4 months.

Answered 5/2/2017

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