Please share some do's and dont's for patients with kidney stones.

Drinking: Drinking lots of water doesn't prevent weight gain but sure can help if you have had kidney stones.

Avoid: Avoid excess vitamin c & e. Two overused vitamins! vitamin c also causes kidney oxalate stones.

Do: Do check with your doctor to see what kinds of stones you have. Check your calcium and parathyroid hormone levels.

Stay: Stay hydrated. Drink at least eight glasses of water each day.

Drink: Drink plenty of water, avoid vitamin c , limit consumption of tea.

Drink: Drink plenty of fluids, avoid vitamin c and excessive intake of tea.

Less: Less than 5 mm size stones can be spontaneously passed. Larger stone can be treated with lithotripsy.

Do: Do drink plenty of water. Don't take vitamin c. Limit tea consumption.

One: One of the most important things to do to prevent kidney stones is to increase fluid intake. Drink!

Avoid: Avoid caffeine, carbonated beverages and calcium supplements. Drink lots of water & juices.

Do:: Do: drink plenty of water and fruit juices. Don't: drink caffeine, carbonated beverages or calcium.

Drink: Drink lots of water. Low salt diet. No sugar/refined carbs. No sodas! stop eating meat.

Drink: Drink at least 64 oz of water daily. Include some plant protein in diet. See a nephrologist!

Calcium: Calcium oxalate stones are most common. They can be lessened by 100mg b6 and 400mg mg 2 x/day!

Have: Have your doc give you narcotics to keep on hand in the event you begin to pass a stone after hours.

Drink: Drink atleast 64 oz water daily. That wont dissolve existing stones, but will prevent further formation.

They: They might not need treatment if they are non obstructing and not causing pain/infections.

Avoid: Avoid "dehydrating drinks" such as those containing caffeine or alcohol. They increase your risk.

Chronic: Chronic stone formers should strive to make at least 2 liters of urine per day.

Green: Green tea & kidney stones: for a history of calcium oxalate renal stones, avoid excess green tea.

Drink: Drink at least 2-3 liters of fluid per day. Consider lemonade to reduce chance of calcium stones.

The: The size and location of the urinary tract stone will dictate the treatment option most appropriate.

Stone: Stone formers should drink enough to urinate about 2.5 liters daily to reduce the risk of recurrence.

Kidney: Kidney stones can be reduced by drinking enough fluid to make 2 liters of urine per day.

Whatever: Whatever the treatment, drinking liberal amounts of fluids is a reliable way of stopping new ones.

Drink: Drink more water and lemonade, minimize caffeine, colas and carbonation, and minimize fast foods.

Hydrating: Hydrating through drinking water and watching your caffeine, calcium and citric acid intake may help.

80: 80 oz or more liquid per day lemonade best. Low salt, no calcium pills. Less red meat, caffeine & dairy.

2.5: 2.5 liters liquid per day, preferably citrus. If you know the type of stone your doctor can treat it specifically.

Don't: Don't get dehydrated, take calcium pills, or take much dairy. Drink your liquids & treat UTI prompty.

Medical: Medical treatment for uric acid stones is very effective. Prevention of uti's are fundamental to avoid.

Eat: Eat less salt, drink lots of water, milk products in moderation.

Different: Different stone formers need different stone prevention strategies - get tested to determine risk.

DO:: Do: drink lots of fluid when you have a stone; don't wait to go to the er if you have a fever.

Make: Make sure to find out what kind of stone you have if you can capture it and drink lots of water.

Ask: Ask you doctor what the stones were made of so you can determine what to do for preventing new ones.

Drink: Drink plenty of water to prevent new stones (unless you have a medical reason not to).

Depends: Treatment depends on type. Send stone to a lab to find out.

Don't: Don't allow yourself to get dehydrated. Do replenish fluids lost as you lose them, not just after.

Print: Print list of things to avoid, and things to do, and stick with it for a long time. Be patient.

Drinking: Drinking water about 2l a day helps to lower risk of kidney stones unless there is a reason not to.

Drinking: Drinking 2 liters of water a day and low salt diet helps to lower risk of kidney stones.

There: There are different types of stones. Treatment options can be dictated by stone composition.

Hydrate: Hydrate - hydrate - hydrate - make sure you always drink plenty of water.

Fluid intake & Diet: The first step in prevention is to understand what's causing the stones to form. Once the type of stone is identified, special modifications in eating, diet, nutrition & meds can prevent kidney stones. Drinking enough fluids each day is the best way to prevent most types of kidney stones. Based on a type of stone changes in sodium, animal protein, calcium, alcohol and oxalate consumed can help.

Catch: Catch the stone when you can. Your doctor can have it analyzed to see which kind of stone you have.

Drink: Drink a lot of fluids, as stones tend to precipitate in concentrated urine.

Hydration.: Hydration. Hydration. Hydration. If you don't like to drink water, consider adding flavor enhancer.

Be: Be careful regarding tips from friends regarding stones. Few tips are effective for all stone types.

If: If you've had more than one stone event within a 10 year period, then seek a stone-risk work-up.

Drink: Drink 8-10 glasses of water. It flushes kidneys and prevents stone. Water is good for you, not soda.

Drink: Drink plenty of water and see if a doctor can prescribe any pain medications.

Drink: Drink plenty of water and see a doctor so that he can prescribe any medications for pain.

Exercise: Exercise reduces the occurrence of kidney stones.

If: If you've had more than 1 stone within a 10 yr period, ask your urologist to do a metabolic work-up.

To: To added sodium in your diet say....Na! [pronounced nah] instead say k to potassium!

Stay: Stay hydrated! it can help prevent new stones from forming.

Drinking: Drinking extra water can sometimes help flush a kidney stone through.

Catching: Catching the stone in a strainer basket can allow the doctor to analyze the type of stone.

Avoid: Avoid caffeine and alcohol to help prevent dehydration that leads to kidney stone formation.

Do: Do drink as much water as your doctor advises.

Myth:: It's a myth that: kidney stones never reoccur.

Urologist,: Urologist, ultrasonic removal. Dye studies 2 see if in ureters may pass, cystoscopy 2 remove some.

Enough: Enough of that tea. No more of that coffee. I know you like the taste of them. Now isn't the time.

No: No matter the stone, drinking 80-100 oz of water a day helps to reduce the risk of recurrence.

Trim: Trim oxalates from diet sip water, not soda or coffee use natural sweeteners. May prevent stones.

Check: Check you parathyroid if elevated your will make lots of stone.

Drink: Drink lots of water and lithotripsy whenever indicated! communicate with your doctor!

Hydration,: Hydration, high water fluids, limit salt intake, and lithothripsy (shockwave trt) when indicated.

Take: Take calcium citrate as your calcium supplement rather than calcium carbonate.

DRINK: Drink lots of water (80-100oz water/day sip, sip, sip all through the day).

Drink: Drink lots if fluids. Stay hydrated especially if in a warm climate. Keep count of how much drinking.

Do: Do drink enough water to put out at least 1/2 gallon of urine. Don't drink sodas of any kind.

Always: Always stay well hydrated & learn about, follow best diet for you, based on your type of stone.

Drinking: Drinking plenty of fluids may help.

Hydration: Hydration (lots of water), citrus juice, and if severe pain, nausea, vomiting, or fever, go to er.

Hydration: Hydration (lots of water), citrus juice, and if vomiting, severe pain, or fever >100.4, go to er.

Hydration: Hydration (lots of water), citrus juices, and if severe pain, vomiting, or fever, go to er.

Be: Be meticulous with your diet if you have been given one.

Magnesium: Magnesium citrate can help prevent calcium oxalate kidney stones.

Magnesium: Magnesium citrate can help prevent calcium oxalate kidney stones from forming.

Water,: Water, water, water! stones form faster when the urine is concentrated.

Do: Do stay hydrated with water, not soda pop.

Ultrasound: Ultrasound treatment is safer than surgery.

If: If you are having terrible pain or blood in urine, then go to er immediately.

With: With most types of stones, keeping yourself well hydrated can help prevent another stone.

Stay: Stay hydrated and avoid excess soda pop.

Hydration: Hydration and citrus juice help prevent; if have more than 1, need full evaluation for the cause.

Do: Do try to find out what kind is stones you have and if there are dietary restrictions or meds to hel.

Some: Some pass with hydration, some can be grabbed by a urologist upthe ureter then scented, lithotripsy.

Stay: Stay hydrated and if advised take prescribed meds and follow diet if given one.

Drink: Drink much liquid, find cause of the stones, limit narcotic analgesics, if fever see doctor asap.

If: If you pass a kidney stone, don't throw it out! keep it for your doctor to analyze!

Drink: Drink plenty of flood , avoid food or medication that contain citrate

It: It depends on the kind of stone, but always drink lots of fluids (64 oz), see doctor if passing one.

Drink: Drink so much water that a glass of water is indistinguishable from a glass of your urine.

Watch: Watch your protein intake. It should be about 3/4 gram per kilogram body weight/day.

Do: Do drink lots of fluid. Don't eat a high salt diet. Do have good fiber intake.

Every: Every time you urinate, drink 10-12 ounces of water.

Most: Most kidney stones are dietary in origin and are related to high protein and salt intake.

No: No trick, some people have them & people with the same lifestyle don't.

Kidney: Kidney stone prevention: 1. Drink at least 2 liters of water per day: has to be water. 2.Low salt.

Most: Myth: most stones can be dissolved. Fact: it's not true! most stones cannot be dissolved!

Drink: Drink water, water, water! 80-100oz/water per day.

Drink: Drink plenty of fluids, at least 1.5 l a day.

Plenty: Plenty of water and low salt diet.

If: If u have a kidney stone that is painful( often are)... See a board certified urologist.

fluids: Fluids to prevent kidney stones. Bad: any soda good: water, orange juice, coffee.

Drink: Drink non-caffeinated drinks. Water, de-caffeinated tea or coffee, juices are all good.

Anytime: Anytime you drink a cup of caffeinated tea or coffee, have a glass of water of the same size.

Anytime: Anytime you drink an alcoholic beverage( which tends to dehydrate you), have a glass of water.

fluids: Fluids to prevent kidney stones. Bad: any soda good: water, orange juice, coffee.

Daily: Daily of water intake of 2.5 - 3 liters daily can reduce the incident of all stone types.

Drinking: Drinking a healthy amount of water per day (6 to 8 glasses) goes a long way toward preventing stones.

Hydration.: Hydration. Drink plenty of water to keep urine dilute.

Ignore: Keep hydrated. Drink lots of water to flush out the excess salts from your body.

Ignore: Avoid dehydration by drinking lots of water. Reduce salt intake to minimum. Read food labels 4 salt.

Ignore: Proper diet based on stone analysis is everything!

Ignore: "lots of fluids" can keep stones from forming by diluting the "substrate" that makes the stone.

Ignore: Drink water all through the day and watch about calcium supplements.

Ignore: Water is always good. Food choice and meds depend on type of stones.

Ignore: Avoid calcium supplements and drink plenty of water.

Ignore: Keep hydrated. Drinking enough water is one if the best ways to avoid forming a kidney stone.

Ignore: Try a low sodium diet along with drinking plenty if water to reduce kidney stone formation.

Ignore: Drinking cranberry juice does not keep you from forming a kidney stone.

Ignore: Drink lots of water all day ; eliminate as much salt as possible from diet to prevent new stones.

Ignore: Drink plenty of fluids to prevent the formation of future stones. ( at least a gallon a day).

Ignore: Drink water, manage the pain. Wait for them it pass. Follow your doctors orders.

Ignore: Drink a lot of water. Try a low sodium diet. These tips help significantly.

Ignore: Sometimes taking a medication for prostate issues helps dilate the ureter and allow a stone to pass.

Ignore: See a urologist and nephrologist. The nephrologist can help identify the why you get kidney stones.

Ignore: Ask your physician if ketorolac would be right for you, treats pain and helps ureter relaxation.

Ignore: Drink plenty of water to prevent other stone formation.

Ignore: Increase fluid intake to 96oz/day, preferably water.

Ignore: Drink 2.5 liters of liquid daily, more in summer, citrus drinks or water. Cut dairy ; calcium pills.

Ignore: Stay hydrated and avoid sugary caffeinated sodas or coffee. Get a workup to know underlying cause.

Ignore: "hydration" for uop of at least 2 qts/24 hrs, less ("no") added salt, some vit d, nothing to excess.

Ignore: Ask your doctor if the cause of your kidney stones can be treated to prevent them from developing.

Ignore: Drink at least 2 liters water daily. Avoid excessive salt and protein consumption.