Please suggest some important questions i can ask my doctor about kidney stones.

What: What causes kidney stones? Will i get them again? How can i prevent them? What dietary changes help?

Diet: Diet has a huge impact. Ask about water intake and whether you can take any supplements safely?

Do: Do not throw away a kidney stone when you pass it! have it analyzed!

It: It is import to know the type of stones one makes. The dietary and prevention recommendations vary.

Size,: What is the size, location and composition of the stone? Can it be treated with drugs?

If: If you have had >1 stone episode, ask your doc to do a work up to figure out why you make stones.

Ask: Ask what kind of stones you have - different compositions of the stone means different diets.

Is: Is there such a thing as painless lithotripsy?

What: What type of stones do I have? What causes it? Is my calcium normal? What to do for pain control?

Ask: Ask your doctor the size and location of your stone and the optimal treatment option for it.

Help: Help the doctor by saving at least 3 kidney stones so that he can test it to see what kind it is.

"How: "how much water do I need to drink each day to help prevent new kidney stones?".

What: What kind of stones do I have and do I need to follow a special diet?

Ignore: How much water should I consume daily? How come milk ; cheese in my diet are ok.

Ignore: Do I have an underlying disease making me more at risk to have kidney stones?

Ignore: Ask: how big is stone? Causing obstruction? Stone composition? What not to eat? Drinking amount?