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Doctor insights on: Nonobstructing Stone At The Lower Pole Of The Left Kidney

Phlebolith: I bet it is a bit of calcium in a blood vessel wall ...Read more

Urologist: You could try a combination of Magnesium, B-multivitamin and vitamin D3. That can help prevent further stones, but you probably need to see a urologist about the larger stones. ...Read more

Pain from elsewhere: Probably the pain on the right is coming from something other than your kidney. ...Read more

Ureteroscopy : This treatment for many stones involves using a small scope to look into the ureter (kidney tube). The stone can be either removed or broken up with a laser.
After surgery there may or may not be a stent. This is a thin, soft plastic tube to keep the ureter from closing. Either way, you can expect some burning with peeing, urgency/frequency to peeing, mild pain in the side or blood in the urine. ...Read more

It may: It has gone most of he way, but could be stuck where the drainage tube crosses the pelvic brim. ...Read more

KIDNEY STONES: If the stone is in the ureter or the tube and it is moving toward the bladder it can hurt there. It ofter causes frequenct urination sensation prior to popping into the bladder and passing. ...Read more

Water: Hi, Thank you for your question.

Drink plenty of water, take the pills they gave you. If the stone is small enough it will pause on it's own. If it hasn't passed and your still having pain you may need to see a urologist.

Hope that helps..contact me if you have any other questions :-)
Dr. M ...Read more

Drink fluids lots: May had another small fragment stuck at ureter or same one on CT moving ,have to see a urologist , may need a procedure to pass the stone after initial observation. ...Read more

Scope vs ESWL: Ureteroscopy for your symptomatic stone is emerging as a better option for treating renal calculi than eswl. It is also important to be on some type of therapy to minimize development of more stones. ...Read more

Symptoms?: Kidney stones are not infrequent and treatment depends on if they are causing pain, nausea, vomiting, fevers, urinary problems, blood in the urine, or kidney blockage. Many small stones will pass without treatment though some some stones will require small surgeries. ...Read more

????: Dude, that question makes no sense whatsoever. Please clarify what you want to know. ...Read more

Not likely: Too big and it will grow, unless you can get it to fragment ...Read more

Fluids: If your in pain then seek medical help. If not, in the meantime increase fluid intake to help the stones pass during urination. Good health. ...Read more

Kidney stone.: Kidney stones up to 5mm in size will predictably pass on their own. Just drink plenty of water so you produce a lot of urine, dilate those ureters and allow the stone to pass. It may hurt while it's on its way out, but it'll pass. Bigger stones will likely get stuck and will cause tremendous pain and will have to be removed by lithotripsy or cystoscopy. ...Read more

12 mm no prob: 12 mm stones in the kidney are usually an incidental finding. Kidney stones don't usually cause problems unless they migrate to the ureter ( tube from the kidney to the bladder ). ...Read more

Yes!: If it doesn't pass you may have to go to ER. You might have it broken up by lithotripsy and if that doesn't work there is a surgical option. ...Read more

Investigate: Usually if it is a "simple cyst" (i.e. With no signs of cancer), and does not hurt or cause bleeding or uti, a cyst does not need to be removed and can be watched with serial imaging over time. ...Read more

Get it treated: 1.2 CM = 12 mm so I would say it is the same size. You should get this treated either with shockwave lithotripsy or ureteroscopy. Glad to talk with you about the relative merits of either approach. ...Read more

Flush and catch: Flush with water and catch the stone with filter to be analyzed and apropriate further treatment. ...Read more

Plenty fluids and ..: Drink plenty of fluids , about 2 to 3 liters per day so you produce a lot of urine. You also can benefit from limiting your protein in the diet (meats and animal products). Most importantly, if you pass the stone, try to catch it and take in to a doctor to have it analyzed. Stone analysis can lead to more specific treatment for the type of stone you are prone to making. ...Read more

Likely: stones this size spontaneously pass about 80% of the time ...Read more

See a: Urologist. They will discuss treatment options with you. ...Read more

Kidney stones: Stones residing in the kidneys often have no symptoms. When symptoms do occur with nonobstructing stones in the kidneys it usually is a dull ache in the flank and perhaps microscopic blood in the urine. ...Read more

Kidney stone: Review your family Hx with your team as well as your lab results. I would leave it alone. ...Read more

Kidney stone pain: Most small kidney stones pass spontaneously, those larger than 5 - 6mm may not. Pain is related to obstruction. Such stones best managed by urologist. Drinks lots of water, Dr may prescribe Tamsulosin to facilitate passage. However, persistent high grade pain, if present, needs to be relieved. Good Luck ...Read more

LITHOTRIPSY: Lithotripsy simply fractures the stones after which they need to pass. It can take more than 1 treatment for this much stone. The pieces can also stack up in the ureter and cause pain. The skin often bruises with treatment and the tissue of the kidney can also bruise. Many reasons for pain after litho. ...Read more

Drink lots of water: 3mm stone should be small enough to pass spontaneously, drinking plenty of fluid will help. May well be painful after it enters the ureter, or if it partially obstructs. ...Read more

A stone that size: is unlikely to enter the ureter ..stones of less than a mm
(1.5 cm=15 mm!!!!!!!!) are usually passed.....

The chances are your stone is "stuck" in the tubular tissue of the kidney.

Hope this is helpful
Dr Z ...Read more

Here are some...: Nowadays, transureteroscopic laser stone-breaking with/without post-procedural stent is what I prefer, but the practice in managing symptomatic renal stone has evolved & changed and professional proficiency may sway how kidney stone could be handled. So, ask your urologist although through ureteroscopy is what I prefer. More? Contact me and I can help you. ...Read more

Unlikely: it's highly unlikely that the doctor was able to "break a stone loose" by hitting your back. your doctor was probably checking for tenderness there, and the pain your feeling is from the same process that brought you to see her in the first place (stone, infection, etc). we have very expensive machines to break up kidney stones, if your doctor could do it with her hand we wouldn't need them. ...Read more