What is the difference between a uti and a kidney stone?

Infection/stone: Uti or urinary tract infection is infection in urinary tract which includes kidneys, ureters, urinary bladder and urethra kidney stone is a stone made up of calcium or another chemical is stuck in kidney or the pevic of the kidney.

What did your docsay: A UTI is caused by bacteria in the bladder, a kidney infection is caused by bacteria in the kidney, a kidney stone is a caused by excessive oxalate or calcium that forms a stone, those are 2 totally different problems but sometimes u can have both at the same time.

Infection vs. stone: Uti means urinary tract infection. I may involve the urinary bladder or kidney and urinary bladder and need to be treated with prescription antibiotics. A kidney stone is deposition of minerals. Stones can be pulverized by sound waves so that fragments may pass through the urine.

Infection/metabolic: A UTI is an infection caused by bacteria that crawl up inside the urethra and invade tissue. A kidney stone is a collection of crystals that clump together in the kidney then travel down the tubes into the bladder then out through the urethra. A kidney stone and an infection may co-exist.