What are the best remedies for kidney stones?
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Kidney stone\nFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia\n(Redirected from Kidney stones)\nJump to: navigation, search\nKidney stone  \nUltrasonic instrument and kidney stone \nICD-10 N200 \nICD-9 592.0 \nDiseasesDB 11346 \nMedlinePlus 000458 \neMedicine med/1600 \nKidney stones, also known as nephrolithiases, urolithiases or renal calculi, are solid accretions (crystals) of dissolved minerals in urine found inside the kidneys or ureters. They vary in size from as small as a grain of sand to as large as a golf ball. Kidney stones typically leave the body in the urine stream; if they grow relatively large before passing (on the order of millimeters), obstruction of a ureter and distention with urine can cause severe pain most commonly felt in the flank, lower abdomen and groin. Kidney stones are unrelated to gallstones.\n\nContents [hide]\n1 Aetiology \n2 Symptoms \n3 Diagnosis & Investigation \n4 Treatment \n5 Secondary Prevention \n6 Famous sufferers \n7 See also \n8 References and notes \n9 External links \n \n\n\n[edit]\nAetiology\nConventional wisdom has held that consumption of too much calcium can aggravate the development of kidney stones, since the most common type of stone is calcium oxalate. However, strong evidence has accumulated demonstrating that low-calcium diets are associated with higher stone risk and vice-versa for the typical stone former.\n\nOther examples of kidney stones include struvite (magnesium, ammonium and phosphate), uric acid, calcium phosphate, or cystine (found only in people suffering from cystinuria). The formation of struvite stones is associated with the presence of urease splitting bacteria (Klebsiella, Serratia, Proteus, Providencia species) which can split urea into ammonia, most commonly Proteus mirabilis.\n\n[edit]\nSymptoms\nKidney stones are usually asymptomatic until they obstruct the flow of urine. Symptoms can include acute flank pain (renal colic), nausea and vomiting, restlessness, dull pain, hematuria, and possibly fever if infection is present. Acute renal colic is described as one of the worst types of pain that a patient can suffer from. But there are also people who have no symptoms until their urine turns bloody—this may be the first symptom of a kidney stone. The amount of blood may not be sufficient to be seen, and thus the first warning can be microscopic hematuria, when red blood cells are found in the microscopic study of a urine sample, during a routine medical test.\n\n[edit]\nDiagnosis & Investigation\nDiagnosis is usually made on the basis of the location and severity of the pain, which is typically colic in nature (comes and goes in spasmodic waves). Radiological imaging is used to confirm the diagnosis and a number of other tests can be undertaken to help establish both the possible cause and consequences of the stone. Ultrasound imaging is also useful as it will give details about the presence of hydronephrosis (swelling of the kidney - suggesting the stone is blocking the outflow of urine). It will also show the 10% of stones that do not have enough calcium to be seen on x-rays (radio-opaque stones).\n\nThe relatively dense calcium renders these stones radio-opaque and they can be detected by a traditional X-ray of the abdomen that includes Kidneys, Ureters and Bladder—KUB. This may be followed by an IVP (Intravenous Pyelogram)(IVU - IntraVenous Urogram is the same test by another name) which requires about 50ml of a special dye to be injected into the bloodstream that goes straight to the kidneys and helps outline any stone on a repeated X-ray. These can also be detected by a Retrograde pyelogram. Computed tomography, a specialized X-ray, is by far the most accurate diagnostic test for the detection of kidney stones.\n\nInvestigations typically carried out include:\n\nMicroscopic study of urine, which may show proteins, red blood cells, pus cells, cellular casts and crystals. \nCulture of a urine sample to exclude urine infection (either as a differential caus
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Fosamax or Actonel are currently the best absorbed calcium supplements. You could try to get 30min of direct sun light (suntan), this will help you absorb more calcium. Or you could try different calcium suplements at the same time. But you have to do this with the doctor, because too much calcium in the urine could lead to kidney stones and urinary problems.
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Ice packs, reduce your salt intake, drink tea or coffee (both are diuretics).
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A theory exist that the acids found in natural apple cider vinegar are beneficial in breaking up kidney stones and gallstones, by softening or dissolving them.
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If you've had that many kidney stones your doctor should have recommended a ultra sound bath.  They put you in a tub of water and have ultra sound waves going through it breaking apart the stones.  It does not hurt.  See if a hospital in your area has one of the machines so that you can arrange to be treated in it.  In the meantime, yes, drink plenty of water but keep away from tea and colas.
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I am a person with a high uric acid level and one who produces massive amounts of kidney stones please take heed--\n--red meat is a very high source of the problem, things with calcium if stones are covered with calcium---stay away from milk and products with calcium.  Stay away from acidic things such as soda pop.  Do not eat liver but stay oward fish due to fish oils, chicken, turkey, and the other white meat.    Take heed now because if you don't, the future is really not a pleasant one.  My one kidney is only 25% working and the other constantly fills up with stones and every two and a half months I have two stents (tubes) one placed in each kidney to prevent the pain from passing them.\nChange your diet now and ask the doctor for Sodium Bicarb pills or drink one teaspoon of baking soda daily to combat the uric acid level---it really helps and over time, Cranberry juice will dissolve stones and help the uric acid level also. Check with a urologist or nephrologist (kidney specialist before any more time elapses.  Good luck
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Rub a pumice stone...\n\ndo u know what it is?
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YOu probably are experiencing phantom pain from passing the stone.  Or, you have more stones.  If they are calcium based, there is a remedy I have heard of that might work.\n\nIf you type it in, on a search , you might find it.  I actually know someone who tried it and it worked for him.\n\nThe stones must be calcium based, (80 plus percent are.)\n\nThe recipe is to drink like 3-5 cans of COKE, ( only coke works due to the phosphoric acid content)\nand then drink a fresh asparagus puree.  Basically steam them a bit and then blend with enough water to get a thick soup.  Need about 8 ounces.  I have heard you can add a bit of salt for taste if you need to.\nI don't remember the exact timeframes, or the exact recipe, but I think recipe is copywrited, and might be difficult to find on the net.\n\nSupposedly, this causes the stones to break up and be passed with ease.\n\nHere is one site I found that claims the recipe.  \nhttp://curezone.com/forums/m.asp?f=20&i=913
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you need to see a doc. I am not gonna preach about drinking and all but yeah sounds like it is from that. Could be an infection or stones although I think kidney stones would hurt way more! If there is an infection sometimes cranberries or the juice can help clear things up. However, you sound past the help of cranberries.
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I know in some people black pepper causes kidney stones. Others say black pepper is good for you. Helps "clean" you out.
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Patients who have kidney stones usually do not have symptoms until the stones pass into the ureter. Prior to this, some people may notice blood in their urine. Once the stone is in the ureter, however, most people will experience bouts of very severe pain. The pain is crampy and spasmodic, and is referred to as “colic”. The pain usually begins in the flank region, the area between the lower ribs and the hip bone. As the stone moves closer to the bladder, a patient will often feel the pain radiating along the inner thigh. In women, the pain may be felt in the vulva. In men, the pain may be felt in the testicles. Nausea, vomiting, extremely frequent and painful urination, and obvious blood in the urine are common. Fever and chills usually means that the ureter has become obstructed, allowing bacteria to become trapped in the kidney causing a kidney infection (pyelonephritis).\nAlternative treatments for kidney stones include the use of herbal medicine, homeopathy, acupuncture, acupressure, hypnosis, or guided imagery to relieve pain. Starfruit (Averrhoa carambola) is recommended to increase the amount of urine a patient passes and to relieve pain. Dietary changes can be made to reduce the risk of future stone formation and to facilitate the resorption of existing stones. Supplementation with magnesium, a smooth muscle relaxant, can help reduce pain and facilitate stone passing. Homeopathy and herbal medicine, both western and Chinese, recommend a number of remedies that may help prevent kidney stones.
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try dandelion root as a tea or capsules   it will help clean your kidneys and increase urination.
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WATER WATER WATER... and more WATER...\nCRANBERRY juice is NO GOOD.. It is only good for urinary track infection (UTI)... \nlimit calcium in your diet.. that means no 3-cheeze pizzas everyday..\n\nand if your stones are bigger than 5 mm i'd contact a urologist.. i had 4 stones of that size in my left kid and 6 of bigger size in my right.. it got to be very painfull even tough i wasnt passing any of them...\n\nso WATER WATER WATER and limited calcium..
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Lithotripsy is a procedure in which shockwaves are used to break up kidney stones into sandlike particles which can then pass through the body when you urinate.  This procedure IS NOT painful and does not require a person to remain in the hospital overnight.  The patient can return to normal activity a few hours after the procedure.  I have had a lithotripsy at least twice for kidney stones.
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I have had kidney stones in the past and am told that I got them because I did not drink enough fluids and therefore my kidneys were not flushing out all the old fluids and were creating these limescale sort of stones that would then find there way out and cause alot of pain.I was given strong pain killers(pain worse than giving birth) and told to drink lots of fluids.I think this is the answer.
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Vitamin C\n\nIt was once believed to cause kidney stones, but experts now say there is no solid evidence of dangerous side effects from vitamin C. High doses can produce stomachaches and diarrhea.\n\nhttp://chemo.net/newpage35.htm
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kidney stones can be removed by passing them yourself, or by using ultra-sound to shatter them--yet gallstones in the gall bladder can only be removed by taking out the gall bladder to my knowledge- my wife had it done a few months ago--they do it by laporoscopy- just a small incision near the belly button- not major invasive surgery anymore-- maybe i week recovery- just to rest and catch up- any ??-holler back at me- your friend should be fine -don't worry--today- it's only day surgery-after they wake up from the anesthesia- they send them home--not bad at all-really!! don't worry !!!!