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I am 25 yrs old, suffering from kidney stone confirmed through ultrasound size 3 mm . can it be cured without surgery?
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Yes; Lithotripsy: Sound waves are used to pulverize the stone and the fragments then can pass through the urine. See this site for more information. http://www.kidney.org/atoz/content/kidneystones_shockwave.cfm.
Answered 4/1/2018
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