| Kidney stones are small compounds found inside | | | | body include acute renal colic (it is one of the |
| the kidneys or ureters. Small kidney stones leave | | | | most severe pains that a patient can suffer), |
| the body through urine but if they grow in size, | | | | restlessness, vomiting, nausea and fever caused |
| they can cause acute pain in the lower abdomen | | | | by an infection. Sometime patients come to know |
| and groin. The size of a kidney stone can be as | | | | about them only when their urine turns red due |
| small as a grain or as large as a golf ball. Kidney | | | | to presence of blood.With the help of technology |
| stones are also known as nephrolithiases.The | | | | it is not difficult to diagnose and treat this |
| most common type of kidney stone is calcium | | | | problem. A few basic tests, which include culture |
| oxalate. It is formed due to excessive intake of | | | | of a urine sample and blood tests, are conducted. |
| calcium. This, however, does not mean that a | | | | As far as treatment is concerned, smaller kidney |
| low-calcium diet is a guarantee against kidney | | | | stones are made to pass through urine. If their |
| stones in the body.There are several other types | | | | size is bigger, then the patient may have to |
| of kidney stones, such as calcium phosphate, | | | | undergo invasive or non-invasive surgery to |
| cystine, struvite, etc. Kidney stones are generally | | | | remove kidney stones.As a preventive measure, |
| asymptomatic. One often comes to know about | | | | one should avoid diets rich in proteins, sodium and |
| their presence in the body in wake of urine | | | | nitrogen, and drink lot of water. But even after all |
| disorders. Some of the common symptoms that | | | | the precautions, they have a tendency to |
| indicate the presence of kidney stones in a human | | | | reappear in a patient's body. |