QUESTION:
What are kidney stones and why is she passing another?
My mom is starting to pass another kidney stone. She isn't much of a coffee or soda drinker though. What causes a kidney stone and how might we try to prevent this from happening again? The last time she passes one was just over 8 years ago right after she had my little sister. Any advice or information on what kidney stones are would be helpful.

• ANSWER:
  kidney stones come in different forms. The most common ones are made of calcium, but there are two other types. They are common and happen to many people. The passing of them is the most painful part, and she can have them tested to see what kind it is and they can tell her how to change her diet to prevent them (she would have to catch it in a strainer or a coffee filter and take it to her urologist). I have had kidney stones 3 times, and I'm only 27. I actually have one currently that has to be surgically removed. If you google kidney stones, you will find a lot of information. Prevention really depends on the type of stone, though, so the only person that can really tell her how to prevent them is the doctor.

QUESTION:
How can I help my cat with kidney stones?
My 11-year-old male cat (neutered and indoor) has kidney stones. For the past couple days he's been having a lot of trouble urinating, and when he does manage to urinate there's been blood in his urine. He's also been vomiting and doesn't have an appetite.

He's had kidney stones a couple times before, and when I took him to the vet, they gave me these pills to give him, but he would just throw them up. I don't remember what was in the pills they gave me, but I know they were an antibiotic.

What can I do to help him until I can get him to the vet? Is there any way I can help him break up the stones, like a special diet I could give him? I know I shouldn't give him dry cat food -- are there certain vitamins that could help break up the stones, or ways to encourage him to eat and drink more? Also, what can the vets do to help him, other than surgically removing the stones? Is there something like an antibiotic shot they could give him?

Thanks in advance!

• ANSWER:
  What possible good effect could come from giving a cat antibiotics for kidney stones (from calcium)?

  A urine that is too acid causes the stones to form. I am sure Dr. Hill has a formulation for that in his Science Diet special food and that is what your cat should eat until the problem with the stones is resolved. If the diet doesn't correct the acid urine then surgery to remove the stones is the only recourse.

  There is nothing you can use in the interim to help your cat. Get him to the vet as soon as possible and try the special diet.

QUESTION:
What are some of the symptoms of kidney stones?
My husband has been having severe pain in his back, around the area of his right kidney. He's also been very nauseated, and not hungry at all. He went to the ER last night and they didn't find anything unusual with his lab work. He'll be going to his regular doctor in a few days. My question, or rather his question is, do people who have kidney stones generally lose their appetite?
No...they did not do an x-ray.

• ANSWER:
  YES! Many people generally lose their appetite when having kidney stones. http://www.kidneystonesbook.net/chone.html look under "symptoms of stones", there are many symptoms depending on the degree of blockage. Good luck!

QUESTION:
What is great for preventing kidney stones?
I get kidney stones in both my kidneys and have already for more than year stopped drinking very coke and anything with caffeine (except on very rare occasions i'll drink a sip of coke or a whole coffee.) I drink alot of water as well. And now I read that drinking lemonade is good for preventative measure, cause it has Potassium Citrate in it. But since lemons are expensive is drinking reallemon juice in the bottle ok too or not? I have oxilate stone by the way .

• ANSWER:
  to prevent stones drink lots of water everyday
  Avoid tomatoes as they are high in oxalic acid the main cause of stones
  to remove stones you need 1/2 a glass of fresh lemon juice(not bottled but real ones)
  add 1/2 a glass of extra virgin olive oil
  mix it well and drink it
  the kidney stones will pass out within 24 hours

QUESTION:
What dog foods are available for dogs with kidney and bladder stones?
I have a Great Dane with Addison's Disease and who now has been diagnosed with bladder and kidney stones. I pay 0 a month for the injection to keep him functioning with Addison's and now I have to feed him a prescription diet. I love my dog but I have to eat too. Is there anything out there that is cheaper than for a 40# bag.

• ANSWER:
  Join Yahoo's K9KidneyDiet group. You'll need to know what type of stones.

  I had wonderful success using the Fuzzer Diet for calcium oxylate stones... and have found raw feeding to be less expensive than premium brands of food.

  http://www.eastwooddanes.com/Getting-Started-101.htm

  Good luck!

QUESTION:
What are some home remedies for kidney stones in dogs?
My dog is a 9 year old Pug and weighs 21 lbs. We just took him to the Vet and we found out he has a few kidney stones. The surgery is ,000 and we can not afford it right now.
Any home remedies or supplements I could give to him would be very helpful.
Thank you so much.
Yeah, I can take care of my dog quite well actually. Which is why i'm trying to do this for him. I'd much rather keep him & take care of him instead of having no money for him or my family. But thanks for your opinion.

• ANSWER:
  If you can't afford the vet care, you can't afford the dog. Surrender him to a pug rescue so he can get the care he needs.

QUESTION:
What are the side effects of kidney stones?
And could someone who drinks almost a gallon of water a day, occasionally a glass of skim milk, and never drinks soda get kidney stones? How can I know if that is what the lower back pain is from?

• ANSWER:
  You can get kidney stones from other things besides dehydration. I had at least 12 stones due to an addiction to antacids which had calcium in them. I ate them everyday, probably a roll or so a day ( Rolaids).

  You can never be sure what pain is from without seeing the stones or being examined by a Dr. I had to have a series of ultrasounds done, even though I passed two stones in a urine cup, one about the size of a pen tip, the other about twice that size. The pain can be pretty excruciating and you can have burning sensation and blood in the urine also.

  Since, there are many other problems you can have that cause back pain, my suggestion would be for you to see a Dr. and let he/she figure out whats going on.

  I hope you back feels better soon!

  Symptoms of kidney stones are:
  back pain
  blood in urine
  burning when peeing
  fever
  nausea
  abdominal/lower region pain

QUESTION:
How do you check to see if you have kidney stones and what are the symptoms?
Plus, where I'm from they have "Hard water" which is build up of calcium deposits. I don't drink the water. I haven't bought a water filter yet for my faucet. However, I have a big thing of Kool-Aid mix that I want to drink, but I don't want to get kidney stones. Will one gallon of this water form up calcium deposits in my kidneys or is it something that happens over time long term?

• ANSWER:
  Well, the clue that you have kidney stones comes from the excruciating pain. The most common type of stone is a calcium stone, but comes from a long time of calcium build-up. It is just as much or more related to dehydration, which causes the calcium in the urine to become concentrated. You will not get a stone from drinking a gallon of water. Think about it, people take Tums and other calcium supplements, and there is nowhere near the amount of calcium in the water.

QUESTION:
What should you do at home if you think you have kidney stones?
My sister thinks she has kidney stones. What are some symptoms & what should she do?

• ANSWER:
  Symptoms depend on where in your urinary tract the stones are. Pain in your back radiating to your stomach and down to your bladder. blood in urine, nausea and vomiting, distended abdomen... drink lots of water.. see your doctor for an xray to confirm it..

QUESTION:
What is the worst thing that can happen to someone with kidney stones?
My Dad said my brother had to go to the hospital during school today and they are running tests to see if he has kidney stones. He is only 12 and I am worried something really bad might happen to him. My Dad said he might have to get surgery.

• ANSWER:
  Anyone who has had a kidney stone can tell you the worst thing is the pain.

  Kidney stones are very unusual in a 12-year-old, so there may be something else he has.

  Kidney stones, if properly treated, do not cause long-term problems or death. They do tend to recur. If not properly treated, there may be kidney damage in the long run. Since your brother is seeing a doctor, you don't need to worry about this "worst thing."

  Surgery is rarely done for kidney stones. Sometimes the kidney itself is full of a very big stone, but they prefer to zap it with ultrasound and break it into pieces. The stones that hurt are the ones that leave the kidney and move down the ureter and urethra. Since they are made of crystals, they have sharp edges that scrape and cause pain. If they get stuck and will not move down, the doctor may insert an instrument through the urethra to get to the stone.

  If the test show that your brother has kidney stones, don't worry about it.

QUESTION:
How do they get rid of kidney stones?
I am seventeen and was recently diagnosed with kidney stones and I'm just curious to what they are, how you get rid of them, how long they'll take to go away and what will they do when I go see the specialist? As much information that I could understand would be appreciated.

• ANSWER:
  They're basically large crystals that form in the kidneys. If they stay there, they usually don't bother you.

  If they start to "pass" down towards the bladder, there's pain. It CAN be significant. LOTS of fluids and pain relief are the main treatments.

  If it doesn't pass, a urologist may need to pass an instrument up and break up the stone with a laser.
  Before that, they may try lithotripsy. In this, the stone is hit with ultrasound waves from the outside.

  Most stones are calcium based, but that doesn't mean you avoid calcium.

  I try to drink enough fluid so that I pee clear. Not yellow, not pale, clear.

  Good luck.

QUESTION:
What causes kidney stones and how can they be avoided?
Kidney stones are one of my biggest fears in life honestly. What dietary habits cause them? Where do they come from? How do I make sure they never happen to me?!?

• ANSWER:
  I'm providing you with some links containing a lot of useful information on this subject including what causes kidney stones, what foods to avoid and a lot of other good stuff. FYI, I had a kidney stone throughout most of January '09. The two forms of pain associated with it are dull and acute. Acute was the worst pain I ever felt. Drinking LOTS of water daily helps prevent them. Also, avoid foods with oxalate (provided in the first link). I had to have shock wave lithotripsy to blast my stone into sand. The procedure doesn't hurt and you get put under anesthesia.

QUESTION:
Help! What to eat while having kidney stones and how to stay healthy?
I have no Idea how to eat right and what to eat while having kidney stones. My family has a history of kidney stones and I've already had 2 surgeries and I'm a 21 year old female. I have been eating fast food and whatever I want, but recently got kidney stones again! Please can someone help me find ways to eat healthy and tell me what food are good to eat?

• ANSWER:
  Here are the top 15 kidney-friendly foods with antioxidants that you
  may want to include in your healthy kidney diet.
  1. Red bell peppers
  To include red bell peppers in the kidney diet, eat them raw with dip
  as a snack or appetizer, or mix them into tuna or chicken salad and
  serve on crackers or bread. You can also roast peppers and use them as
  a topping on sandwiches or lettuce salads, chop them for an omelet,
  add them to kabobs on the grill or stuff peppers with ground turkey or
  beef and bake them for a main dish.
  2. Cabbage
  A cruciferous vegetable, cabbage is packed full of phytochemicals,
  chemical compounds in fruit or vegetables that break up free radicals
  before they can do damage.
  You can steam, microwave or boil it, add butter or cream cheese plus
  pepper or caraway seeds and serve it as a side dish.
  3. Cauliflower
  Cauliflower is high in vitamin C and a good source of folate and fiber.
  Serve it raw as crudités with dip, add it to a salad or steam or boil
  it and season with spices such as turmeric, curry powder, pepper and
  herb seasonings
  4. Garlic
  Garlic lowers cholesterol and reduces inflammation.
  Buy it fresh, bottled, minced or powdered, and add it to meat,
  vegetable or pasta dishes. You can also roast a head of garlic and
  spread on bread. Garlic provides a delicious flavor and garlic powder
  is a great substitute for garlic salt in the dialysis diet.
  5. Onions
  For people on a kidney diet looking to add more flavors to foods, try
  using a variety of onions including white, brown, red and others.
  6. Apples
  With versatile apples you can eat them raw, make baked apples, stew
  apples, make them into apple sauce, or use in a dessert such as apple
  pie or apple cake. You can also drink them as apple juice or apple
  cider.
  7. Cranberries
  Cranberry juice and cranberry sauce are the most frequently consumed
  cranberry products. You can also add dried cranberries to salads or
  have them as a snack.
  8. Blueberries
  Buy blueberries fresh, frozen or dried, and try them in cereal,
  topped with whipped topping, in a fruit smoothie or bake blueberry
  muffins, blueberry cake as blueberry crisp or blueberry pie. You can
  also drink blueberry juice.
  9. Raspberries
  Add raspberries to cereal, puree and sweeten them to make a dessert
  sauce or add them to vinaigrette dressing. You can also drink
  raspberry punch.
  10. Strawberries
  Eat strawberries with cereal, smoothies or salad, slice and serve
  them fresh or top them with whipped topping
  11. Cherries
  Cherries have been shown to reduce inflammation when eaten daily.
  Eat fresh cherries as a snack, make a cherry pie, cherry coffee cake,
  cherry crisp or cherry cheesecake. Cherry sauce can be tasty served
  with lamb or pork and you can drink a glass of cherry juice.
  12. Red grapes
  Buy grapes with red or purple skin since their anthocyanin content is
  higher. Freeze them to eat as a snack or to quench thirst for those on
  a fluid restriction for the dialysis diet.
  13. Egg whites
  For the kidney diet, egg whites provide protein with less phosphorus
  than other protein sources such as egg yolk or meats.
  Buy powdered, fresh or pasteurized egg whites. Make an omelet or egg
  white sandwich, add pasteurized egg whites to smoothies or shakes,
  make deviled egg snacks or add whites of hard boiled eggs to tuna
  salad or garden salad to add extra protein.
  14. Fish
  Fish provides high-quality protein and contains anti-inflammatory
  fats called omega-3s
  Fish highest in omega-3s include albacore tuna, herring, mackerel,
  rainbow trout and salmon.
  15. Olive oil
  Buy virgin or extra virgin olive oil because they are higher in
  antioxidants. Use olive oil to make salad dressing, in cooking, for
  dipping bread or for marinating vegetables.

QUESTION:
What are the symtoms if you have kidney stones?
What are the symtoms if you have kidney stones?

• ANSWER:
  Nausea, Sharp Shooting pains in the back, headache

QUESTION:
What causes kidney stones in dogs?? Is it the water we give them out of the tap?
I have friends who yorkshire dogs have had kidney stones. They are now buying their dogs bottled water.Someone told them tap water causes these stones. Can anyone shed some light onn this?

• ANSWER:
  Just like people, some are just prone to making kidney stones.

  My Husband makes kidney stones like crazy. He does everything the doctor tells him with his diet and still he makes them.

  There is a special diet they can feed the dog that can help.

QUESTION:
Are there any ways to prevent kidney stones?
Just what it says. Are there any ways of preventing kidney stones?

• ANSWER:
  Yes, stay away from sodium and soda drinks/thing with high sugar contents.

QUESTION:
what are some of the homeostatic mechanisms altered due to kidney stones?
i have a science assignment on kidney stones and i am stumped on the question "describe some of the homeostatic mechanisms altered because of kidney stones" i will add the answerer to my bibliography. i am stumped i havent been able to find the information i require anywhere, i would apreciate any info thanks.

• ANSWER:
  Well, it's obvious you are from India and your culture does believe in healing by herbs and similar methods. Himalya Cystone may work for extremely small stones, but I personally don't feel it will work for larger stones.

  If you are constantly in pain then this could mean your have one or more larger stones in the area and I doubt Himalya Cystone would work quickly enough for you.

  I suggest you either get another Conventional doctor for a second opinion or go straight to a hospital for a scan to detect how large your kidney stones are.

QUESTION:
what are some things that can casue kidney stones, and what are some ways to get rid of them?
Someone I know has kidney stones, and I was wondering if there was any common things (you know foods or something) that can casue them. I was also wondering if there is anyting you can do to get rid of the stones.

• ANSWER:
  One of the most common reasons that people develop kidney stones is not drinking enough water. The only way to get rid of them is medically. have your friend see a medical doctor as soon as possible. These are painful and are going to have to come out.

QUESTION:
What are natural things I can do to get rid of my kidney stones?
What are the natural home remedies I can use to remove Kidney stones?

• ANSWER:
  Just let them pass naturally, through your bladder and out the other end (if they are not to big).

QUESTION:
What are ways to get rid of kidney stones?
I'm only 16, and I've been getting chronic kidney stones since I was 6 or 7 years old.. My doctors have no idea why I've been getting them, all they tell me is that they are calcium oxalate. So we cut down on dairy with me, but I still get them 3-5 times a month. I really have no idea what's causing them at all, or how to get rid of them...

• ANSWER:
  Drink ALOT of water. More than the 64 oz a day you are supposed to be drinking to keep the calcium build up flushed out of your kidneys. Also cut back on the foods that tend to be high in calcium. This is dairy, beans, etc...

QUESTION:
What are the best OTC medicines for Kidney stones?
I am suffering from a kidney stone and so far I have tried advil,tylenol,alieve,motrin iburofen and nothing seems to work. My doctor did not perscibe me anything for them nor do I want to take medicines like that because of the effects they have on me. So are there any other otc pain medicines for kidney stones that actually work?

• ANSWER:
  There is NOTHING over the counter that will come close to masking the pain of passing kidney stones. Call your doctor and thankfully accept whatever kind of narcotic he's willing to prescribe. Trust me- you'll be happy you did.

QUESTION:
Gallstones and kidney stone are the result of the formation of insoluble soilds (Stones) that block the ducts?
Gallstones and kidney stones are the result of the formation of insolube soilds (stones) that block the ducts from these organs.

Question:

What chemicals are used in their formation in the human body?

• ANSWER:
  There are no chemicals used to form them.
  Let me do my best to explain.

  A kidney stone is a solid piece of material that forms in a kidney out of substances in the urine.
  A stone may stay in the kidney or break loose and travel down the urinary tract. A small stone may pass all the way out of the body without causing too much pain.
  A larger stone may get stuck in a ureter, the bladder, or the urethra. A problem stone can block the flow of urine and cause great pain.

  There are four major types of kidney stones.
  The most common type of stone contains calcium. Calcium is a normal part of a healthy diet.
  Calcium that is not used by the bones and muscles goes to the kidneys. In most people, the kidneys flush out the extra calcium with the rest of the urine. People who have calcium stones keep the calcium in their kidneys.
  The calcium that stays behind joins with other waste products to form a stone. The most common combination is called calcium oxalate.

  A struvite stone may form after an infection in the urinary system. These stones contain the mineral magnesium and the waste product ammonia.

  A uric acid stone may form when the urine contains too much acid. If you tend to form uric acid stones, you may need to cut back on the amount of meat you eat.

  Cysteine stones are rare. Cysteine is one of the building blocks that make up muscles, nerves, and other parts of the body. Cysteine can build up in the urine to form a stone. The disease that causes cysteine stones runs in families.

  Gallstones are a small, hard crystalline mass formed abnormally in the gallbladder or bile ducts from bile pigments, cholesterol, and calcium salts. Gallstones can cause severe pain and blockage of the bile duct. Gallstones can also be lodged in the common bile duct and create further problems with the pancreas such as pancreatitis.

  The calcium types of stones are often the result of taking the wrong kind of calcium supplements, calcium carbonate. (Chelated and citrate forms are much better forms of any mineral.)

  There are many types of gallstones. Cholesterol stones, various types of pigment stones, stones that form because of specific medication use (rare), and other rare stones that form from calcium carbonate.
  Cholesterol stones are the most common type of gallstone to develop, and occur in approximately 80% of people who get gallstones. Cholesterol stones are made mostly of hardened cholesterol, and are usually yellowish-green in color. Pigment stones are made of bilirubin, and are the stones are usually small and dark in color. Gallstones can be as small as grains of sand or as big as golf balls. Smaller stones are more common, though bigger stones do develop.

  Personally I would not suggest cranberry juice as it can make stones because it is high in oxalic acid. Cranberry juice contain oxalates, and has been associated with a higher risk for risk for calcium oxalate stones. Cranberry juice has properties that may increase the risk for both calcium oxalate and uric acid stones. On the other hand, cranberry juice helps prevent urinary tract infections and so may be helpful for reducing the risk for struvite and brushite stones. (These stones are far less common, however.)

  Good Luck to you.
  Me

QUESTION:
What are the signs of kidney stones?
i think i might have kidney stones, im only in middle school, but i've been having cramps, and the side will just hurt!! and my pee is cloudy, and smells horrible!! and idk
and is it embarrassing to have kidney stones? and idk how i should tell my mom?

• ANSWER:
  Sometimes the disease is hidden and discovered by chance during an X-ray study on other issues or the first kidney stones symptoms appear when the stone is large, but the patient notes only aching vague pain in the lumbar area.
  In most cases with a small stone the disease is manifested with renal colic attacks, and with the dull pains, changes in urine, release of stones and sand between the attacks. Dull pain in the lumbar area increases with prolonged walking, during the shaky ride, after lifting weights, but more often without a specific reason. If the urinary tract along with stones has an infection, there may be a temperature rise and chills.
  I hope this helps you. And good luck.

QUESTION:
what's the difference in symptoms of urinary tract infection and kidney stones?
I've looked at the symptoms of both and it looks like the symptoms are pretty much the same. How would one know if it's just a UTI or if it's actually kidney stones (before you call the doctor, of course)

• ANSWER:
  in case of renal stone the patient complain of sever colicky pain with radiation of the pain to the groins, genitalia, thigh and the knee ,,fever is rare
  associated symptoms is sweating and nausea and vomiting

  in case of UTI ,, the pain is not colicky and it is ill-defined .... high fever(important)

  you can differentiate it from the nature of pain and the presence or absence of fever

  god bless

QUESTION:
what are the preventions to take if we have kidney stones?
i have been hospitalized for kidney stone twice and i have trough away 2 stones normaly by drinking lot of water i refuse to go for operation and i want to know how to prevent the sedimentation and formation of the such stone, plz help if u know what diet have to take or what type of exercise to do...ant type of medicinal herbs to use?

• ANSWER:
  do not drink soda. do not drink coffee. maintain a healthy weight. drink a lot of water and 100% juice to keep your system flushed.

  I have had kidney stones too. I hate them!!
  this is what the doctor told me, and it seems to have worked!

QUESTION:
What kind of operations are available for kidney stones?
My grandfather was operated a couple of weeks ago due to kidney stones, they removed them by operation because they were too large, but what they did to him concerned me because they took the stones out and the kidney!?? I just want to know if that was necessary, because now hes back in emergency's cause he still has some kind of liquids inside of him that may cause infection, and i am really worried for him, if there is someone out there who can answer my questions?

• ANSWER:
  Urinary calculi are solid particles in the urinary system. They may cause pain, nausea, vomiting, hematuria, and, possibly, chills and fever from secondary infection. Diagnosis is based on urinalysis and noncontrast spiral CT. Treatment is with analgesics, antibiotics for infection, and, sometimes, instrumentation, shock wave lithotripsy, or endoscopic surgery.
  Please see the web pages for more details on Kidney stones, Lithotripsy, Lithotomy

QUESTION:
Symptoms of an inflamed appendix and symptoms for kidney stones?
What are the symptoms of an inflamed appendix? What are the symptoms for kidney stones?

• ANSWER:
  Appendicitis: lower abdominal pain, starting in the centre, typically then moving to the right side. associated rigidity in the abdominal wall, extreme tenderness, nausea, vomiting. Pain is constant in nature.
  Kidney stones: colicky (ie pulsating) pain in the flanks, right or left, possibly associated with blood in the urine. May progress to excruciating pain on urination if the stone becomes trapped in the urethra, or extreme lower abdomial pain if the stone is trapped at the entrance to the bladder.

QUESTION:
How do you get rid of kidney stones?
Ok Im 26 and I drink alot of soda. I know I do. I dont wanna have kidney stones because I heard that they are extremelly painful. Lets say I had 2 inme right now. (just saying) What could i do to get rid of them. like disolve them?

• ANSWER:
  drink alot of cramberry juice iwas in the hos and they gave me a pill milk i thought was the cause oh i forgot the name of the pill they have laser treatmeant is another way

QUESTION:
How many Kidney stones is abnormal?
My hsand is 29 and has had 20 kidney stones in the last 7 years. The doctor says they are calcium stones and he just needs to watch his diet. Is there something else that can be causing these? A medicial reason of some kind? What can we do so he can be pain free?

• ANSWER:
  Basically, all kidney stones are abnormal. If one occurs, this is abnormal and 20 is very abnormal. Calcium stones are by far the most common type of stones and there can many conditions that predispose to this. Conditions that can predispose to calcium stones include: High calcium levels in the urine or blood, low citrate levels in the urine, and high oxalate levels in the urine (You probably don't know what citrate or oxalate are, but don't worry about it for now). These causes should be evaluated by his physician through various lab tests, because some of these require special treatment. In general, we recommend that all patients with recurrent calcium stones drink plenty of water (At least 2 liters daily). There are other treatment options depending on the results of the tests performed. Sometimes extra calcium supplementation is recommended to reduce stone formation or medications that lower the calcium level in the urine. If a cause for recurrent stones is determined then we try to treat that cause if we can. Sometimes we can't figure out why someone is having recurrent stones, but there are still treatment options. So basically, your husband needs to discuss this with his doctor. I hope this helps.

QUESTION:
What are some ways to deal with kidney stones?
Recently I've had a kidney stone and it was the worst pain I've ever felt. I think I got it from some medicine that I took for an ear infection and I don't know if I'll develop more. I just want to know some ways to deal with the pain or ways to help prevent or dissolve them.

• ANSWER:
  In the treatment of kidney stones, herbs can be used to break them down and prevent their formation in the first place. Herbs can also encourage the flow of urine and relieve the irritated walls of the urinary tract. Gravelroot has long been used to dissolve kidney stones. The root is commonly taken in decoction or tincture form. Madder, hydrangea, and rumex can also help break up stones. Aloe vera juice may clear stones and prevent new ones from forming.

  Other herbs, such as cornsilk and couch grass, can soothe the walls of the urinary tract. Juniper berries, often used to clear urinary tract infections, can be added to an herbal treatment for stones.

QUESTION:
Are there any pills you can get prescribed to reduce the risk of getting kidney stones.?
My mum was previously prescribed Ranitidine for excess stomach acid, but had stopped taking it. As kidney stones can result from having too much acid in urine, would continuing to take this pill have helped or not and if not what medication would?

• ANSWER:
  No, Ranitidine blocks the production of stomach acid in your digestive tract which is seperate from acids found in your urine. Normally uric acid is converted to ammonia which is excreted into the kidneys. Stomach acid is never reabsorbed into the bloodstream because it is buffered in the intestine.

  The most common stones is calcium oxalate. Now you might be thinking to reduce calcium intake however, most people arean't getting enough calcium in the first place. However, alkaline urine (basic) can precipitate calcium stones. Usually, increased calcium levels in the blood is caused by metabolic disorders in your body rather than increased intake.

  The next culprite is oxalate. Oxalate are found in meats. If you injest too much meat and protein you will have an increase in oxalate absorption. Also, Calcium inhibits oxalate absorption. Therefore, if you take calcium, it will bind up residual oxalate in your gut and pass it out in your feces hence it won't get into your kidneys.

  Lastly is Uric acid stones which can precipitate with ACIDIC urine (opposite of calcium which is basic urine). Uric acid is also from excess meat intake. As protein breaks down in gets reduced to purines which then gets converted to uric acid.

  My two cents:
  Best thing to do is not worry about your mothers urine pH unless she is taking medications or have medical conditions. Stop the ranitidine. To best prevent kidney stones:

  1) Contine or increase calcium supplements

  2) Heat only the recommended servings of meat (2-3 per day)

  3) Drink lots of water, the more water you have in your body, the less likely stones would be produced

  4) Eat citrous foods (oranges etc) or take Calcium citrate. Citrate is known to `bust`early formation of stones.

QUESTION:
What are the symptoms for kidney stones?
I'm only 17 but i think i might have a kidney stone. Is this possible at my age and what are the symptoms? are there any foods i should avoid?

• ANSWER:
  The symptom is severe, severe, severe pain. Like screaming in agony type pain. And yes even 17yo kids can suffer from them.

QUESTION:
Herbal remedies for kidney stones/prevention of?
What herbal remedies are good to take to deal with kidney stones while you still have them, and what might be a good life-long remedy to prevent future occurrences?

I have one little guy (2mm) in my right ureter which I am waiting to pass. I'm drinking as much as possible, but if there are any herbal remedies that might assist with pain, passage or dissolution, I'd love to hear about it.

And since I never want another, I'd like to learn about natural remedies for prevention - something I can do for the rest of my life.

I've done some research already and have found some suggestions, but nothing consistent.
Since I haven't yet passed it I don't know which kind it is, if that makes any difference.

• ANSWER:
  Ultimately, they are typically formed when someone gets more Calcium than their body can absorb (among other minerals taken in too high of doses), then the Calcium builds up in their kidneys.

  With that being said, the main natural products that help with kidney health are Cranberry, Juniper Berry, Corn Silk, and Uva Ursi.
  No supplement can make any medical claims on their own, so the supplements can't claim to help/prevent kidney stones.... but if your kidneys are healthy, they should run really well.

QUESTION:
What is in topamax that causes kidney stones and what can i do and take to cleanse my body? Like calcium,acid,?
Because i am taking this medication for seizures and one of its side effects are kidney stones. I am afraid of these and even if they are inevitable i would like to do everything in my power to avoid these for as long as possible and hopefully have them pass through me unnoticed.So if someone can please help thanks.

• ANSWER:
  hello

  i had a 0.8mm and it took almost a month and a half to pass. it doesn't depend on time.

  best medicine is to take lots of water i used to drink approx 5 liters of water a day. in that i used to take 2 liters of barley water.

  if ur in india go to a chemist and ask for PEARL BARLEY. add two teaspoons of those barley seeds to one glass of water. approx 3.5 glasses of water = 1 liter so u need to put 6 teaspoons of those seeds and boil the entire water for half hour. then strain it and cool it and drink it. it will make u urinate a lot. remember barley is kidney detergent.

  if not in india get barley seeds form somewhere rest procedure the same

  also take 2 teaspoons of cital ( its a systemic alkaliser )before lunch and 2 teaspoons before dinner it will help to reduce urine concentration and make ur urine acidic.

  also take 2 tabs of CYSTONE of himalaya pharmacy in morning and 2 in the eveining after breakfast and after dinner. cystone is a ayurvedic medicine which wil help in breaking the stone.

  if in india contact me on 9867169909

QUESTION:
What are all my options for getting rid of kidney stones?
I drink Pepsi like it's going out of style. I think I might have stones because of it. What all should I do?

• ANSWER:
  There are different reasons your body makes renal calculi...some are do to the amount of water you drink, kinds of food you eat, and sometimes its just YOU. Depending on the size of stone, you can hydrate and try to pass the stone naturally. If the stone is LARGE a urologist may need to assist in the removal with lithotrispy or removing it through your urethra. Both have pros and cons. If your stone isn't too large, hydrate big time! Try holding your urine untill you just can't stand it and then urinate. Keep doing this and it may help get rid of it. There will be pain, but there really isn't a way around that unless your Dr. gives you a Rx. Hope that helps...Later

QUESTION:
What are some similar conditions to kidney stones?
I went to the ER the other day, because I thought I had kidney stones again. After a while, both of my kidneys hurt more when I breathed in. I thought I was getting an infection. But after a urine sample and cat scan, they said nothing was wrong with my kidneys...and I didn't have an infection! How is this possible? I know for sure, I think, that it was kidney stones!!

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QUESTION:
Can marijuana be detected in a urinalysis for kidney stones?
i have to piss in a jug for 24 hours so they can analyze it to see what my kidney stones are made of. since i smoked pot in the last week will they find the marijuana just by looking at it or do they actually have to test it?

• ANSWER:
  They aren't looking for marijuana and will not specifically test for it. Don't worry. Don't wait a week or so to do your test either.

  They would have to specifically test for it to detect it. It is of no relevance to your current problem. Your doctor is not interested in finding out if you smoke pot.

QUESTION:
what are the symptoms of kidney stones?
what are the symptoms of kidney stones? and what happens if you have them?

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QUESTION:
What are the odds of being predisposed to having kidney stones?
There have been several people in my immediate family that have all had fairly bad kidney stone attacks: my mom, her brother, my father and my grandfather on my dad's side. There may have been other people in the family as well that we just don't know about. I'm just wondering what the odds are that I could be at a high risk of developing them or at least having them move. Or is it something that isn't even genetically determined, like it wouldn't matter is no one in my family had them, I could still get them?Cause I really want to know if I have to deal with that kind of pain!

• ANSWER:
  Nobody in my family ever had one and I got one.. allbeit I had the that sonic sound wave thing done to dissolve them and they never really hurt that much.
  Kidney stones can be made of either calcium(no its not from drinking too much milk) or uremic acid, the acid formed in your kidney for urine. My urologist said nobody knows why they happen the whole situation ended in a matter of months. May any stones you may get be small like mine were.. but dont' agonize over it you might be lucky and never get one! Drink water daily at least 6 glasses to keep your kidneys clear, if you develop really small ones they could pass without you even knowing it!

QUESTION:
Do you think pickle juice would help my kidney stones?
This is what I'm thinking: I know you can run vinegar through the coffee maker and it will break up all the junk. Someone told me kidney stones are just calcium build-ups. If this is true, do you think the vinegar in pickle juice will have the same effect on my guts?

• ANSWER:
  Yes pickle juice is about the same as Apple Cider Vinegar
  http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art8171.asp

QUESTION:
Anyone know the 2 ingredients formula for dissolving kidney stones?
If you know what the 2 igremients are that are used to help clean out stones fro the kidneys, I'd like to know it. It's a liquid and a veggie, taken within 5 minutes of each other. It's not the formula that used Olive Oil.

• ANSWER:
  That's quackery. You can't dissolve kidney stones with any supplement.
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone

QUESTION:
What are kidney stones and why do people make such a big deal about them? ?
I've never had a kidney stone or know what they are for that matter. So can some please tell me what they are and why they are such a big deal.

• ANSWER:
  My step dad used to get them and I would hear him screaming in the bathroom. It's a HORRIBLE thing to have, because, well, imagine having to pee our a sharp, jagged rock that was a bit too big to go from your kidney to your bladder through your urethra and out into the toilet. It cuts, scrapes, and gouges its way through your pee hole. Afterward, people pee blood. That's why its so horrible.

QUESTION:
How do kidney stones form? What are the causes? Why do they form?
I am wondering why kidney stones form to help prevent them.Plz respond. Thnx. =]

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  I like to use the site www.webmd.com for information. Too long an answer to get into, but to help prevent kidney stones you need to drink a lot of water. Some theories are that stones are partially due to low calcium intake, since the body will take calcium from the bones and excrete it in the urine. As a preventative, you can also drink weak lemonade each day to help dissolve stones. Also, they can be caused by diets high in nitrates (processed meat) and salts. They are several different kinds of stones, formed of different materials (calcium oxalate, etc.). My 2 brothers and 2 sisters and I all suffer from kidney stones, and we are now 56, 55, 50, 46, and 36 years old-so some tendencies could be hereditary with how your body processes food.

QUESTION:
How does one get kidney stones & ways to prevent them?
- How does a person get kidney stones?
- What kinds of foods contribute to this?
- What can one do to prevent this from happening?

I've heard that one way of treating them is a doctor uses a catheter which I NEVER want to go through. I personally do not have kidney stones but I want some advice as to how to prevent myself from getting them.

Thanks

• ANSWER:
  well i dont know all the reasons why one might get kidney stones but some are for drinking too much soda, coffee, and things like that, oh and if you dont drink enough water..if your pee comes out yellow alllllll the time then you should try to drink more water to purify your system or else you will start getting them. but really try to avoid soda.

QUESTION:
My dad said I'm prone to kidney problems(such as kidney stones) what are steps to help prevent them?
My mom has extreme kidney problems, passing kidney stones like every other week, and she has tons of kidney stones in her kidneys. My dad said more than likely I'll be prone to get problems when I get older, im14 and I want to know ways to help with kidney problems just in case,so I can keep these in mind for the rest of my life especially since I'm a guy (twice as bad to pass the stones), and I'd rather not go through what my mom does. Any suggestions? Thanks!

• ANSWER:
  Always drink plenty of pure water.
  I've heard you should also avoid dairy products, but I'm not sure if that one is just an old wive's tale.
  It runs in my family, too. I'm not looking forward to it, either...

QUESTION:
what are an can you dissolve kidney stones?
i was wondering if anyone knew the home remedy for kidney stones? i heard olive oil might help.

• ANSWER:
  Olive oil is supposed to help.

  You can find further information in a web search for "kidney stones" + dissolve.

QUESTION:
What happens after you have kidney stones for a long time?
My mom is in the hospital right now and i feel uncomfortable about whats going to happen. She has had them for quite some time. She always complains about then. This is not the first time going to the hospital because of kidney stones. My mom also can't eat meat because of acid reflex.

• ANSWER:
  It honestly depends on how often and how severe her stones are. I've suffered from kidney stones off and on for a number of years, and other than a little damage to my right kidney, I'm fine. I also went to school with a guy who got them so severely that he needed a kidney transplant. His were the size of golf balls. No two cases are exactly alike. Just give your mom alot of love and support while she has them. Those are usually highly painful.

QUESTION:
What are the names of the various gall and kidney stones, and the chemical composition of each?
Don't have any yet...! Stones, that is.

• ANSWER:
  http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gallstones/ and then google kidney stones....

QUESTION:
Is it possible to have kidney stones, but not have any evidence of them in a urine sample or an ultrasound?
When I was pregnant, I was hospitalized on two seperate occasions for what I believe to be kidney stones. I strained my urine, but didn't notice passing any. The doctors were only able to give me an ultrasound due to my pregnancy, but they said none were visible. The pain was worse than child birth. I have had one reoccurance since the pregnancy, unfortunately I was overseas at the time and couldn't seek medical attention. I am worried that there is something wrong with me and I am scared to have another reoccurance. The pain is the most intense pain I've ever had in my entire life. Please let me know if you think this could be an enlarged kidney stone or if you know of any other illnesses that would produce this much pain in my lower back,side, and groin.

• ANSWER:
  The "gold- standard" for diagnosing a kidney stone in 2006 is a CT scan of the abdomen with contrast.
  Ultrasounds may be insensitive ( may miss small stones) and urinalysis may/ or may not demonstrate blood / calcium in the urine (may be microscopic so may need to look under a microscope).

  it is possible that you could be having Ureterospasm with out a kidney stone.

  My suggestion is that after you finish your pregnancy- get evaluated by a urologist at a respectable institution for further testing.

  Good luck

QUESTION:
What is a harmless home remedy to pass kidney stones?
I've had chronic lower back pain in the kidney areas. What is a harmless home remedy to pass kidney stones that really works. I have the symptoms but no fever and would really like to try before going to doctor.

• ANSWER:
  Yes, water it is and lots of it. Make sure to watch what you eat. More often than not, salt contributes to kidney stone. Try to avoid dark liquids like soda. Exercise as well. If you wish to learn more, here's a link.

QUESTION:
i have kidney stones and in tons of pain?
what can i do about my uric acid stones? they are too big to pass. is there some way they can be dissolved or something. as far as i know they can't be blasted with lithotripsy because they are radiolucent on normal xrays. im in pain right now. my kidney hurts like hell and im pissing blood.

• ANSWER:
  i had kidney stones. please go to the hospital immediately. what happened to me was a stone got stuck and the urine got backed up. i could have became septic. the had to do surgey. i also damaged 20% of one of my kidneys. i had another surgery after that. they cannot blast big stones and especially when they are stuck. please go. i feel your pain, god be with you.

QUESTION:
help i donno what this is!?
hello am 25 years old male I am a smoker and stopped drinking alcohol since the start of 2010 been suffering weird things lately, symptoms began with itchy redness on chest that wont go away even with creams , that was in July 2010, later in November i started experiencing numbness in hand fingers and legs while sleeping, itchy red eyes, drumming sensation in my left ear (only when i try to sleep) pain in my leg bones, urinary tract infection,high heart pulse, difficultly balancing myself while walking, moles turned red (i have so many of those) I had night sweats for a couple of days no swollen lymph nodes. I also had a high fever for couple of days as well, acid reflux with changes in bowel movement, i also suffered from loss of appetite for a while also a cough with green septum, fatigue, Oral thrush and weight loss & waking up many times at night. some of these symptoms subsided but some are still there, what i am suffering from now is weight loss, oral thrush, drumming sensation in my left ear, itchy red eyes, constipation, itchy rash with blusters on chest, numbness sometimes in my hand fingers at night, slight bone pains, I had many tests done these tests were:

CBC x 5
The first one was normal WBC 5000
Second test showed elevated WBC 10400.
Third test showed also elevated WBC 11400.
Fourth Test Showed Normal results WBC was 8000
Fifth test showed also normal results WBC was 7000

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3 abdominal ultra sounds
First one showed normal results except a 7mm left kidney stone
Second one showed enlarged liver due to fatty infiltration and the kidney stone
After having the stone removed the ultra sound showed normal results.

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Brain and cervical spine MRI

All normal no abnormalities.

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2 chest xrays

first one was normal
second showed the bronchovascular lungs land markings are increased associated with peribronchial walls thickening

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Chest CT Chest CT

all normal except for : collapse consolidation is seen at the inferior segment.

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One Mole Biopsy

Showed irritated compound nevus and the immunostaining revealed that less than 1% of the nevus cells are positive which is consistent with the benign nature of the lesion .

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Urine Analysis x2

first one showed mucus with wbc count 30 and rbc 5

second one showed normal results wbc was 2 and rbc was 2-3 (ghost) with few mucus.

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Thyroid stimulating hormone

was normal

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Stool Analysis

was normal

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Glucose, Fasting serum

was normal

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Esophago-gastro-duodenoscopy

Small hiatus hernia
peptic esophagitis (GERD, grade a)
Chronic gastritis with antral erosions

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Heart Electrocardiography x3

were normal

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heart echo

was normal

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Uric Acid serum

normal

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CRP high sensitivity serum

was 12.07 MG/L

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Electrolytes serum ( sodium, potassium, chloride)

all normal

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Urea & creatinine serum

normal

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b12 serum

was 257.5
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Protein, Bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, blod urea nitrogen

were all normal

I have been treated for my abnormal results but i sill feel generally unwell with my rash, oral thrush, weight loss, red eyes are still there please help me tell me what should i do next!! I am dying to find an answer and get back to my life as it was!

• ANSWER:
  There are so many symptoms, but some of them sound like shingles.

  http://www.medicinenet.com/shingles/article.htm

QUESTION:
Can Kidney stones be a symptom or warning sign of any other conditons?
i havent actually had much kidney stone pain lately, but the blood in my pee hasnt stopped since i had them a couple months ago. Could it be something else? iv had tests done for infections and stuff done a couple months ago when i first expierenced the pains and stuff??

• ANSWER:
  typically kidney stones are the result of either a proteus infection or an imbalance in the calcium in your body which results in excess calcium secretion. Most other disease processes would have other symptoms that obvious to you... start with the most likely.

  the blood in your urine may be caused by the presence of stones that simply haven't obstructed the kidney outlets. Blood in your urine may also be from some process going on in your bladder as well.

  if your blood is visible in your urine, you need to be check again: upper and lower urinary tracts. I would suggest starting with your GP who should know your history and going from there.

  Hope this helps. Peace

QUESTION:
Need advice for treating kidney stones.... home remedy style.?
We took my boyfriend to the hospital on Friday and he was diagnosed w/ a kidney stone. 2-3mm. He's having another attack right now... and he's in the bathroom throwing up and won't listen to any advice i'm trying to give him currently. Hm. I'm asking him to just drink a lot of water or apply a heating pad, but he says he's too sick. I know he's in a lot of pain... he usually doesn't show it.
Um. What are some warning signs that I should take him into the ER again? Also, he's already on perscription pain meds for this... but it doesn't seem to help. Any advice on some more home remedies?

• ANSWER:
  I can understand what your boyfreind must be going through as i too had the same problem. Give him painkillers. An intraveinal injection does wonders. Make an appiontment with the doctor and have the stone either removed surgically or broken. a 2-3 mm stone can easily be broken by applyin shock waves. It is painless takes about 10 min and leaves no scar as the skin is never opened. BEST OF LUCK

QUESTION:
Kidney Stone Growth and Passage. Help!?
I just had my first warning sign that I will soon pass a kidney stone. (Extreme sharp pain at the tip of my urethra.) This has me very worried (and terrified to go to the restroom!)

I've passed many kidney stones over the last five years (I'm 18 years old, male, 5'9" 140 lbs, and otherwise healthy.) Passing kidney stones have been by far the worst experience of my life. My question now is, 1) How fast do Kidney Stones grow? It's been a while now since I've passed one, does that mean that the stone is going to be bigger this time because it's had longer to grow?

2) Is there anything I can do over the next day or so that I'm passing the stone besides taking Vicodin? The worst part of the experience by FAR is going to the restroom, knowing that I could pass the stone at any time. I've had at least one incidence of the stone getting stuck halfway out of my urethra. (With an unpleasant "milking" required to remove the stone.) Any tips for stone passage?

• ANSWER:
  Hi, sorry to hear about your case.

  The rate at which kidney stone formation varies from person to person so to come up with an average rate at which they form is not really practical. For people who have never had a kidney stone before, formation of a stone would take place very slowly if at all. In your case it's faster. That is not to say that your stone will necessarily be larger as a direct result of the length of time between this next one and your last one. For all you know, your body may have just been forming it in the past month.

  Formation of a stone is somewhat like a snowball rolling down a mountain and gathering size. Your kidneys may have been passing the calcium oxalate (most common kind of stone) just fine and then somehow, some of it did not dissolve and got stuck in your kidney. Then more calcium oxalate may crystallize in the presence of the first bit of calcium oxalate crystal causing the snowballing effect and the stone progressively gets larger.

  Prevention is key in your situation. You should figure out which kind of stone you are developing, as the causes vary depending on the type of stone. One thing to do in all cases is to keep your water intake high. You should drink enough so that you have plenty of urine to keep it clear or really light in color. I think you want to avoid having urine that is too acidic (sorry, been a few years since school). If it's an oxalate stone, you may want to avoid foods high in oxalate, such as iced tea (Nestea/Lipton, etc.), spinach, chocolate, and others. High protein intake can cause uric acid stones (for example, bodybuilders load up on protein shakes and powders and eat meat all the time). Some say you should cut back on your calcium intake. I am not sure if that should be undertaken unless you consult your doctor. Again, depending on the type of stone you will need to make different dietary adjustments.

  Most stones are not so problematic that you need to do anything besides take pain medication if needed. There really isn't much else you can do (on your own that is) other than drink a lot of water, as maybe that could prevent the stone from getting any larger.

  You can probably do a Google search and find some good information and probably more details on what to do. Please see your doctor to help you with your condition. Besides, depending on your other medical conditions, some of these things may not be the best for you, and he/she will be able to give you more help than anyone on Yahoo! Answers or the internet.

  Good luck!

QUESTION:
Once a kidney stone has been passed?
I'm 32, and I just had my first kidney stone experience. Hell on Earth. Woke up very early Tuesday morning in indescribable pain, did the Emergency Room thing, and spent the next 3 days slowly passing the 3-4mm stone.

The stone was passed Friday. It's now Sunday, and I am still sore and have aches in the area of my kidney. Kind of like someone had been kicking me there for a long time. I assume this is normal and not some warning sign. Ive also caught a flu with a slight fever (from my children), likely because after 3 days of no sleep and passing a stone my resistence was down.

So what should someone expect AFTER they pass a stone? I tried mowing the lawn today (2 days after passing the stone) and the back muscles are still sore as heck.

• ANSWER:
  You need to rest and recuperate.Don't do anything too strenuous.You may have more stone's.Did they explain that?You can drink cranberry juice to help the urinary tract.When my brother passed one they said he turned green from the pain.Good luck.

QUESTION:
Does anyone know the symptoms of Appendicitis?
My dad has been having severe pain off and on right below the right side of his rib cage for about 3 weeks now. We don't think it is kidney stones since it's infront right below his ribs not in the lower back where most kidney stone pain occurs. My mom and other family members are assuming it could possibly be his appendix. But, we do not know. I live about an hour away from my family and just saw my dad 2 days ago. He can cover his pain very well. When he thought no-one was looking I did catch him clutching his side tightly and bending over and was moaning. My mom said this has been happening alot more and is more constant. When we ask him about the pain he gets angry and says don't worry about it. He does not believe in Doctors, so him going to the Dr. is out of the question. He has no health insurance coverage due to the fact that he has no intentions EVER of going to the Dr. which makes all of this even more frustrating for the people who care about him. He has not had any type of a physical exam by a Dr. in over 10 years. If this is or could be Appendicitis, we do know that it could rupture and cause death but, how long will the pain last before it ruptures and what are the final warning signs? Or if anyone has any clue what this could be please let me know?

• ANSWER:
  Its not appendicitis...First off he had appendicitis it would be accompanied by high fever,vomiting and severe pain. The myth that kidney stone pain is only felt in the back is just that. Kidney Stones are most often felt in the front. He should be seen by a Doctor because whatever it is could be major and without treatment could cause more damage. Urge him to be seen by a professional immediately. Tell him an RN said so!

QUESTION:
Pelvic pain -- going on hours - what do I do?
I went into the emergency room last night with insane stomach pains. It started around my belly button and has since moved to the right side about midway between my belly button and hip. At first, I thought it might have been menstrual cramps, as I had started my period the morning before. This was quickly dismissed as time went on. The pain started around 3:30p yesterday (12/19).

I was hit by a wave of nausea that has yet to leave me. It hurt worse when I stood up, moved, lay down - about the only position I can get some relieve from is in a semi-curled up ball, with my knees pulled up. It is very tender to the touch and hurts worse when the pressure is released (if I push on it, it hurts - when I let go, it hurts worse.)

As I mentioned, I am on my period (which was an unusual three days late and has been lighter than normal).

When I got to the emergency room, they set me up with an IV and pain killers (toprical?), however it didn't really work, so then they gave me a dose of morphine.

They also told me that I was not pregnant.

They did a CT scan and said that my ovaries were not twisted and that my appendix looked alright. They sent me home basically saying that they felt it was menstrual cramps. I disagree, seeming as how I was having menstrual cramps and this pain at the same time. Menstrual cramps, in my experience, will come on strongly and then go away (much like a contraction ... I've been pregnant twice and carried both babies to full term, if that makes a difference.) This pain is constant. It is sharp and kind of dull/achy at the same time.

On the way home from the emergency room, I had to have my husband pull over and I threw up on the side of the road. Up until that point (and ever since) I've been extremely nauseous, but no vomiting.

I have also had an increase in my urine - however, due to the period, I can't tell you accurately its color.

She told me that if it didn't get better in 12-24 hours, that I needed to be monitored again.

Since then, I have developed a low grade fever (99.1 - which is high for me) and have developed massive headaches, chills and the shakes. The pain has stayed at about a 6 out of 10, however when I picked up my one year old to go to bed, the pain was excruciating and has since stayed at about a 7 or so.

My family has no history of appendicitis or kidney stones. My older brother on the other hand, was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. Not sure if any of that knowledge is helpful...

I'm very scared and extremely nervous. I'm hoping to make it through the night and be able to go to the walk-in clinic in the morning. (My husband is self-employed, so we have extremely basic insurance ... ER visits not covered.)

Is there anything in particular that if it happens can not wait until morning? Any warning signs I should look out for?

If I call the ER nurses, can they answer these questions for me?

Please, if you have any insight, please respond.

I am also experiencing headaches and slight dizziness.

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QUESTION:
Having severe abdominal pain for 24+ hours -- already been to ER .. what should I do now?
I went into the emergency room last night with insane stomach pains. It started around my belly button and has since moved to the right side about midway between my belly button and hip. At first, I thought it might have been menstrual cramps, as I had started my period the morning before. This was quickly dismissed as time went on. The pain started around 3:30p yesterday (12/19).

I was hit by a wave of nausea that has yet to leave me. It hurt worse when I stood up, moved, lay down - about the only position I can get some relieve from is in a semi-curled up ball, with my knees pulled up. It is very tender to the touch and hurts worse when the pressure is released (if I push on it, it hurts - when I let go, it hurts worse.)

As I mentioned, I am on my period (which was an unusual three days late and has been lighter than normal).

When I got to the emergency room, they set me up with an IV and pain killers (toprical?), however it didn't really work, so then they gave me a dose of morphine.

They also told me that I was not pregnant.

They did a CT scan and said that my ovaries were not twisted and that my appendix looked alright. They sent me home basically saying that they felt it was menstrual cramps. I disagree, seeming as how I was having menstrual cramps and this pain at the same time. Menstrual cramps, in my experience, will come on strongly and then go away (much like a contraction ... I've been pregnant twice and carried both babies to full term, if that makes a difference.) This pain is constant. It is sharp and kind of dull/achy at the same time.

On the way home from the emergency room, I had to have my husband pull over and I threw up on the side of the road. Up until that point (and ever since) I've been extremely nauseous, but no vomiting.

I have also had an increase in my urine - however, due to the period, I can't tell you accurately its color.

She told me that if it didn't get better in 12-24 hours, that I needed to be monitored again.

Since then, I have developed a low grade fever (99.1 - which is high for me) and have developed massive headaches, chills and the shakes. The pain has stayed at about a 6 out of 10, however when I picked up my one year old to go to bed, the pain was excruciating and has since stayed at about a 7 or so.

My family has no history of appendicitis or kidney stones. My older brother on the other hand, was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. Not sure if any of that knowledge is helpful...

I'm very scared and extremely nervous. I'm hoping to make it through the night and be able to go to the walk-in clinic in the morning. (My husband is self-employed, so we have extremely basic insurance ... ER visits not covered.)

Is there anything in particular that if it happens can not wait until morning? Any warning signs I should look out for?

If I call the ER nurses, can they answer these questions for me?

Please, if you have any insight, please respond.
I am also experiencing a headache that will not go away and slight dizziness.

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QUESTION:
17 weeks pregnant uterine rupture?
OK, I had my dd in Feb. 2009. I got pregnant again in June 2009.
My doctor said i was "kinda" high risk. But never told me for sure.
She said I could have a Uterine rupture. Ok, Now, When i found out i was pregnant i didnt have symptoms yet, or missed my period yet. I was sitting down one day, and my previous c-section scar started to hurt.
I started to have sharp pains, they were light though. I never had problems whith my scar after it healed. It took me almost 9 weeks to heal from my previous. I was also in the hospital for 8 days from a alias. So, when the sharp light pain started i was like what could be causing this? Than i took a pregnancy test. I know at my 6 week check up the doctor told me to wait 18 months. Well, I had a schedualed pap in july, so i waited for that appointment no point in making two different appointments. So, I told her i was pregnant and she took another test and of course it was positive. So,
I started my prenatal care. On my second visit, I told the doctor that the sharp pains is gradually getting a little more painful. She told me it was probably adhesions and not to worry, i'd have some discomfort. On my third prenatal visit, I told her again, it's hapening more frequent with the sharp pains, now it's radiating across my insicion, and i tried to describe this to her, and sometimes the sharp pain is hurts and it actually makes me stop in in dead tracks...and i wait for the sharp pain to subside and so forth. but now it's getting worse, and it's happening more and more through out the day, at the begining, it was light, and only happened once in awhile, now that im 17 weeks it's happening ALOT through the day and the pain is more painful than before. It's more of a sharper pain and
it varies on the location of the scar. She told me that she think's it's kidney stones, and to drink alot of water to pass it. So i have been drinking alot of water, for the past month, and still nothing has changed. I KNOW she is wrong I can sense it. I just "know". My bf had alot of kidney stone problems his were recurring, and he had to have a few surgeries to remove them. I told him what i was experiencing and he said that doesnt sound like it at all...and i totally agreed. So now i'm worried that this could be a early warning sign that something is wrong. Oh, and when i was pregnant with my first daughter, i felt her moving around by now....and i dont feel this one at ALL...I still have my pregnancy symtoms. Also, i've only gained 1lbs. so far. Not saying that has anything to do with it, but just giving some more info on my situation. I have a ultrasound coming up soon, the second week of november, should i mention this to the ultrasound tech? and see if they can see antyhing? I know that when i was healing from my first one,
i went ot the ER because i had seroma, and they did a ultrasound on my scar tissue, and it was a totally different kind of Ultrasound. So i dont know if the ultrasound tech will be able to see the scar tissue or not. Should I get a second opinion? because i'm really really worried....I really dont want to end up in a bad situation if it can be prevented. But this doctor doesnt seem worried about it, and i need reassurance, and not just blown off.
She hasnt even done any tests on me, to even see if it's kidney stones or adhesions...all the reasons she told me, she hasnt even looked into.
and that really bothers me, because the like the said the pain seems to be gradually getting worse. Should i worry, if the doc isnt worried?
should i gets a second opionon? I really dont know what to do..I would like some advise.
I know my uterus hasnt ruptured.
I am worried it could. I dont know how worried I should be with this pain.
Everyone i talked to with previous c-section, dont experience this. I just want the doctor to aswer my questions instead of beating around the bush,
If there is something wrong i want to catch it before it turns ugly later on....

• ANSWER:
  I don't know what the pain is, but I know your uterus hasn't ruptured. My uterus ruptured during labor. It felt like a searing/burning pain in the abdomen (not on the c-section scar) and you would be hemorrhaging.

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17 weeks pregnant with 2nd child, i'm afraid of uterine rupture, what should i do?
OK, I had my dd in Feb. 2009. I got pregnant again in June 2009.
My doctor said i was "kinda" high risk. But never told me for sure.
She said I could have a Uterine rupture. Ok, Now, When i found out i was pregnant i didnt have symptoms yet, or missed my period yet. I was sitting down one day, and my previous c-section scar started to hurt.
I started to have sharp pains, they were light though. I never had problems whith my scar after it healed. It took me almost 9 weeks to heal from my previous. I was also in the hospital for 8 days from a alias. So, when the sharp light pain started i was like what could be causing this? Than i took a pregnancy test. I know at my 6 week check up the doctor told me to wait 18 months. Well, I had a schedualed pap in july, so i waited for that appointment no point in making two different appointments. So, I told her i was pregnant and she took another test and of course it was positive. So,
I started my prenatal care. On my second visit, I told the doctor that the sharp pains is gradually getting a little more painful. She told me it was probably adhesions and not to worry, i'd have some discomfort. On my third prenatal visit, I told her again, it's hapening more frequent with the sharp pains, now it's radiating across my insicion, and i tried to describe this to her, and sometimes the sharp pain is hurts and it actually makes me stop in in dead tracks...and i wait for the sharp pain to subside and so forth. but now it's getting worse, and it's happening more and more through out the day, at the begining, it was light, and only happened once in awhile, now that im 17 weeks it's happening ALOT through the day and the pain is more painful than before. It's more of a sharper pain and
it varies on the location of the scar. She told me that she think's it's kidney stones, and to drink alot of water to pass it. So i have been drinking alot of water, for the past month, and still nothing has changed. I KNOW she is wrong I can sense it. I just "know". My bf had alot of kidney stone problems his were recurring, and he had to have a few surgeries to remove them. I told him what i was experiencing and he said that doesnt sound like it at all...and i totally agreed. So now i'm worried that this could be a early warning sign that something is wrong. Oh, and when i was pregnant with my first daughter, i felt her moving around by now....and i dont feel this one at ALL...I still have my pregnancy symtoms. Also, i've only gained 1lbs. so far. Not saying that has anything to do with it, but just giving some more info on my situation. I have a ultrasound coming up soon, the second week of november, should i mention this to the ultrasound tech? and see if they can see antyhing? I know that when i was healing from my first one,
i went ot the ER because i had seroma, and they did a ultrasound on my scar tissue, and it was a totally different kind of Ultrasound. So i dont know if the ultrasound tech will be able to see the scar tissue or not. Should I get a second opinion? because i'm really really worried....I really dont want to end up in a bad situation if it can be prevented. But this doctor doesnt seem worried about it, and i need reassurance, and not just blown off.
She hasnt even done any tests on me, to even see if it's kidney stones or adhesions...all the reasons she told me, she hasnt even looked into.
and that really bothers me, because the like the said the pain seems to be gradually getting worse. Should i worry, if the doc isnt worried?
should i gets a second opionon? I really dont know what to do..I would like some advise.

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QUESTION:
Warning Notice at work? Hubby has been out 10 X from work, but hasnt been there a year yet. They asked him to?
sign a document that says that if he is out 1 more time, he will be fired for CAUSE and as such will be reported to Unemployment as cause for them to request disqualification of unemployment benefits...Now for every instance of absence, he has provided a medical note, either for my toddler daughter or for himself. Sometimes when my daughter was sick, we had to alternate who stays with her (we have no help), and he just recently had kidney stones and it took him 3 days to recover.
How do we protect ourselves from being able to collect in case he gets fired? Should he sign the doc?

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  1st - I wouldn't sign such a document.

  2nd - The employer doesn't get to determine what is "cause for firing" as it pertains to unemployment benefits. The State will investigate the claim and make the determination as to eligibility of benefits.

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increase body's acidity to dissolve uric acid kidney stones?
Can anyone recommend vitamins or herbs that assist the body in creating a high pH environment in the kidney's to dissolve uric acid kidney stones and keep them from recurring. I know there are medications for this and I'm already on those medications. I was looking for a more natural solution to prevent recurring uric acid kidney stones from forming. Any ideas would be appreciated.

• ANSWER:
  I would like to relate my experience. After two operations (the first one unsuccessful, both painful) I asked my urologist how to avoid getting more stones. He is reputed to be the best in the city. He said "drink plenty of water and call when when you get the next one". Note: not if, but when. Thanks, mate!!

  So I decided to find out why they happened. I researched all the reasons that can cause them, short-listed them, and did the blood, urine, etc. tests to determine which one caused it. It was an imbalance in the para-thyroid glands causing DHEA and PTH imbalances, along with a couple of lesser problems - dehydration and diet. I found out how to correct that (diet and supplements) and have now been free of kidney since that time, 5 years ago. I will not go into exactly how I did this, because that was specific to me and my problem.

  Can I suggest that you do what-ever you can to find out what the original problem is. Drinking water and diet changes are good to do, but there is usually a root cause. Doctors will only treat the symptoms which is too late, by then you already have more stones. Do the research, the work will give you a good outcome.

  By the way, just because a food is alkaline, it does not mean it produces an alkaline response in the body. Any protein foods (such as milk) actually produce an acid result. Likewise, lemon and orange juice, although acids, produce an alkaline response. Too much red beets and very green leafy vege's like spinach can actually help cause stones (they produce oxalate in the body) so best to avoid these.

  Also, contrary though it may sound, a good quality calcium supplement will help prevent kidney stones in the future. This is because one reason for stones is that when the body is short of calcium (used for almost every system in the body as well as bones) the body will suck it out of the bones to use elsewhere because it is so essential. This ends up accumulating in the kidneys as calcium carbonate or oxalate compounds, which forms into stones. Good quality supplements are made from calcium silicate, which cannot be formed into stones and since it builds up the calcium levels in the body, will help prevent stones in future. Also, calcium in the is form actually binds with oxalates in such a way that they are unable to bind into a stone. Silicates also inhibit oxalate formation. Make sure it also contains magnesium and vitamins D and K, which are needed by the body to absorb calcium. Omega-3 supplements will also help, as does selenium.

  One more point. The body is naturally slightly alkaline. Artificially pushing it into an acid balance can cause damage on a cellular level all up to tissue level and have severe long term effects on your health. One of the precursors to people forming kidney stones is an acid body balance. Limit dairy foods and meat of all kinds, limit processed foods and anything coming from sugar, white flour, white rice, potatoes, and other starchy foods. Avoid chocolate (sorry) and especially all carbonated drinks, colas in particular. Brown rice is positively good for you, as it sweet potato, whole-grain breads, fruits, etc.

  But please note: there are different types of stones, each with a different mechanism for forming kidney stones. You ideally need to know which type before make a decision on how to deal with it.

  One big thing I learned is that if the body is in proper balance and has the nutrition it needs, it knows how to take care of itself and will do so if you give it the right working materials. Good luck, I hope you can get free of this, I know how debilitatingly painful it is.

QUESTION:
Uric Acid Kidney Stones (Are they unusual)?
My husband recently passed a kidney stone that was sent to labs for testing. He talked with his doctor yesterday and got the results back. The results show that the stone was made of of uric acid and no calcium in it whatsoever.

The doctor used the word unusual three times when telling him about it being a uric acid stone. He said the more common ones are calcium stones. His had no calcium at all.

Anyway, he wanted to do a 24 hour urine analysis and have it sent off. He had forgotten that we no insurance and said that it could be costly. He's checking on prices today.

While we wait we was wondering why so unusual to have a uric acid stone. My husband only take two medications, which I am not sure if would contribute, He takes carbamazapine and celexa. He also advised him that he's a big MEAT eater. I read that uric acid stones can form from to much animal fat.

So, why so unusual? He's passed it and feels great. Of course he don't want another one, but his using the word unusual three times has me worried and my husband.
What can he do to make his urine less acidic?

• ANSWER:
  Uric acid stones represent about 5 - 10% of all kidney stones. Developing a uric acid stone means his urine is excessively acidic. Some people have a high level of acid naturally. For others, things like high levels of fructose or alcohol can do it. Another more common reason is people trying to lose weight and starve themselves. The rapid breakdown of fat will acidify the blood which will in turn acidify the urine.

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I am a male of 58 yrs. I am having high uric acid level and on medication.?
Somebody told me regular intake of lemon juice with water helps to bring down uric acid level and also inhibits formation of uric stone in kidney. Is it correct? If so, how many lemons should I consume?
I seek educated answers only.

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  Lemon juice is full of citric acid. You are already having high acid level in urine, how can it be ? Lemon juice is off course good for health, as it contain Vitamin -C, but not for you. Drink lot of water, 3-4 ltr per day. More you urinate more healthy. Hence drink water plenty. Continue the medication as prescribed by the Doctor. Take care.

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Desperately need serious help ... weird health problem?
I am at my obesity first stage for 2 years and I know It's kind of serious. So i tried my best to exercise as much as I could. I cannot jog cos my body is too heavy and I walk a lot. I stay separately with my family and just rent a room where cooking is not allowed. So I've been eating outside food (mean unhealthy food) for 8 years!

I have Uric acid for 2 years but I could feel now It's getting more serious. I tried to control my food but I can't due to some reasons and I LOVE eating. I don't have much friends and no family around here so in other words I lack of support from People around me which sometimes make me feel lazy and give up on diet and exercise. This year I could feel my knees (joint) pain when I squat and I'm not sure for what reason my lower leg around ankle pain . I tried to drink as much water as possible. Another problem is about kidney/ bladder. I always feel something pulling and very pain about 3-4 inch below my belly ? Is it prostate? uterus ? or what? STONES ? any comment?

Another funny problem occur is I'm having sleeping problem for years. I don't have any stress and I'm very relax minded person. Sometime I can stay awake for 3 days without sleeping (just rest and close my eyes) I'm serious, no joking . I thought I'm having paranoia/ insomnia or whatever but doctor said I'm fine ? I am fat but I lack of blood ... and I don't have any chance to join any blood donation activities. If I could get better sleep the earliest I can sleep is 3 am and wake up at 7 am. Sometimes I sleep for 3 hours only for few months and I really feel like giving up my life ... It's freaking tired when I work without getting proper sleep. I tried many times to sleep early but end up I just wasting my time turning around the bed for hours. All tips I get from Internet I've tried but seems to be useless for me?

Now I'm having problems like getting dark spots, dry skin, low energy and pimples on the face and my skin contour/ texture getting worse and I get fine lines under my eyes at age 25! All thanks to my sleeping disorder. Since June started to hate my throat cos when I sleep I couldn't breath so I have to sleep side ways. I thought due to my double chin but doctor said no problems and gave me some medicine. After few weeks it (my throat problem) came back 2 weeks and gone for 3 weeks and come back to visit me again (on and off). Then my hip keep on getting the skin swelling boil things (ulcerate/ abscess). My eyes keep on coming tears/ watery and it feel pains and hot. There was few times I feel like my rib cage pain and feels like pulling up and down. Sometimes my chest pain ? Or may be liver problem due to uric acid? My spine stiff and I always pain here and there and now due to the pain at my lower leg ankle , am I having diabetics? My grandma had it !! I've done last body check up on April this years and so far doctor said only have to watch out my Uric Acid but still no need to take any medicine. I tried to consume supplements (very good n expensive brand) but after eating I felt my heart pumping faster and I gain weight ... very uncomfortable, then I stop taking any of it .... Am i alien? I'm sick keep on seeing doctor and pay for stupid unnecessary medication and consultation fee and doctors/ clinics are doing business sometime I don't need the stupid cream I also have to pay for it. I think I'm going to die.

Any idea how to overcome all these ?

Thanks for your advise.
My obesity problem caused serious problem only for Uric Acid. Other matters (especially sleeping problem) have been occurred before I started overweight. I was size 11 last 3 years.

• ANSWER:
  Hi - as you mention prostate, I take it that you are a guy.

  ALL of your symptoms are weight related.

  Consuming supplements and buying creams cannot help you in any way, until you understand this simple formulae:

  *overeating + underexercising = obesity / obesity = ill health and early death*

  You have sleep apnoea due to the flab at the back of your throat choking off your air supply when you try and sleep.

  You cannot sleep properly because you are inactive and because your poor body is trying to digest large amounts of unhealthy food.

  Your skin is swollen and boggy due to too much fat and water-retention caused by lack of exercise and too much salty processed foods. Inevitably this will lead to ulceration, or the lesions of diabetes.

  ALL of the organs in your body are now coated with a thick layer of yellow glutinous fat. They cannot help but give you symptoms such as those that you describe.

  Your joints are giving up because they cannot support your weight.

  Your facial skin is coarse and spotty because of the lack of good healthy food and the overeating of greasy fast foods.

  You need desperately to get to a Doctor (change your Doctor if you need to), and go on a healthy eating plan suitable for you.

  But this cannot and will not work until you face up to the fact that the thing that you love most in the world, your food, is killing you.

  Good luck for the future.

QUESTION:
Nervous about kidney stone surgery. I have a uric acid stone and have to have surgery to remove it.?
The stone is not causing pain, but it needs to come out. I have had surgeries before but for some reason I am really nervous about having a tube put into my kidney through my back. I think it is the part where they put the tube in that is making me nervous because they don't knock me out until after that. Anyone have a similar happy ending story to share?

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  no lol sry i dont but all i can say is it might feel wierd but it will all turn out ok in the end dont be nervous it will be fine. hope i was of some help

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does eating fruits & veges with seeds like strawberries, tomatoes cause kidney stones and uric acid?

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  No. Some doctors profess to dietary habits as the cause, but many studies show that some people have kidney stone with no link to diet.

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What can cause elevated serum uric acid?
Elevated serum uric acid (hyperuricemia) can result from high intake of purine-rich foods, and/or impaired excretion by the kidneys. Saturation levels of uric acid in blood may result in one form of kidney stones when the urate crystallizes in the kidney. These uric acid stones are radiolucent and so do not appear on an abdominal plain x-ray or CT scan. Their presence must be diagnosed by ultrasound for this reason. Very large stones may be detected on x-ray by their displacement of the surrounding kidney tissues. Some patients with gout eventually get uric kidney stones
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What do you mean by uric acid stones are radiolucent and so do not appear on an abdominal plain x-ray or CT ? Where doo these stones take place in the human body.

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  That means that these crystallized kidney stone (which is caused by elevated serum uric acid) is not likely to be seen on a general abdominal x-ray where other kind of kidney stone will.

  Kidney stones are usually found in kidneys.

QUESTION:
Can taking Creatine Monohydrate cause me to get kidney stones later in life?
I took about 25 grams of creatine monohydrate per day (four times a day in 5 gram doses) for 5 days as a loading period, then cut down to about 2.5 grams a day to maintain healthy levels, but I was following directions of my personal trainer and have no personal knowledge of this substance.

I recently read online that the unused creatine in your system turns to creatinine, which is supposedly similar to uric acid, which causes kidney stones if high amounts run through your system.

I'm wondering if this is true, or if it's unverified nonsense.

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Need help with figuring out kidney stones?
Ok so I have kidney stones, MANY kidney stones, last exam they lost count of how many I had in each kidney. We have done blood test, and the analyzed a stone and it is an oxalate stone (calcium). My blood says I have high uric acid , normal is 2.5 to 6 for woman and I am at a 6.5 and it also shows up in my urine. My calcium levels are normal. So..... Uric acid would cause uric acid stones and would never have calcium stones. Why is my uric acid somewhat high and where are the calcium stones coming from if my calcium levels are fine??? sooooo confused!

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  There are things that you may be eating or drinking that depletes the body of calcium. When too much calcium is pulled out of the body it goes into the kidneys and this can form stones - calcium oxalate.

  For instance, soda can deplete the body of calcium, meaning if you are taking supplements or getting calcium in your food, it will pull it out of the body. THere are different foods that do this.

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chronic kidney stone problems?
for the past year ive had a few small kidney stones made up of uric acid in my kidneys and they cause pain quite frequently and there is always microscopic blood in my urine. like i think there is a stone permanently stuck in one of those tubes (whatever they are called) or in a bad place in a kidney. im really worried this will cause cancer eventually or something. ive had so many tests but tests and treatments arent good for uric acid stones. any advice please? will this cause cancer? thanks

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  I hope that you are seeing a urologist! If you have a painful stone stuck your doc might try an ultra sound method to break down the stone.

  Those kidney stones are one of the most painful things on the plante to experience. Both myself and my boys have had them. One thing we have in common is not drinking water or enough water. My oldest son has water with him all of the time he never wants another kidney stone in his life.

  Try drinking purified water. Purified is important. You might have well water where you live that contributes to your stones.
  Don't just buy any bottle water. Some are straight out of a pipe or a tap somewhere not so desirable. Make sure it is purified.

  I have never heard of stones causing cancer. Too many stones can really compermise the health and effectivness of your urinary system.

  http://www.ehealthmd.com/library/kidneystones/KS_prevention.html check out this site. It will give you information. Important to learn how to eat to prevent the buildup of the stones. And bottom line.........water water water water.

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Can lemonade and olive oil dissolve kidney stones?
And I'm referring to the stones caused by uric acid. I knew that there are differnet kind of stones and some people find some remedy, depending on what kind of kidney stones so I asked. I know there is that shockwave treatment to break up the stones but I was wondering if those two products are known to work. Lemonade has a lot of citrit acid in it, right?
actually yes it can, I just found this out and this does have testimonials.
http://www.earthclinic.com/CURES/kidney_stones.html

By the way, I meant lemon juice, not lemonade. Sorry.

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  Yes! Uric acid stones are the only stones that can be dissolved. Lemonade is excellent for preventing stones, but I am honeslty not sure if it will desolve them. You can get a prescription from your doctor for "Potassium Citrate" and that will even out the acid in your urine and then dissolve the stones by making your urine basic, or "normal". The procedure you are speaking of is ESWL (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy). It breaks up the stone and turns it into gravel (smaller peices that are easier to pass). Hope this helps you out! Good luck and take care!

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Is it bad if your kidney bleeds everyday for over a year?
I have small kidney stones in my right kidney and for over the past year every time ive urinated there have been miscroscopic amounts of blood in it. My kidney is in pain quite often as well. I'd like to know if this can cause kidney cancer? My kidney stones are made up of uric acid and there is no hope of treatment for them. thanks

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  yes, it is.

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My URIC acid level is anywhere from 9-11 over the past 7 years. I just had the worst gout attack of all time?
Now I feel lower back pain and testicular pain with a touch of abdominal. I am wondering if it is kidney stones. I often have to force my urine, sometimes I go so much more than I have drank water in that recent time frame, all I drink is water and I have a very limited diet that strays to cheap potato chips twice a month maybe. What is causing this pain? I only take (0.6) mg of colchicine the past few days and only taking one pill a day doesnt normally cause me this much discomfort. I have the "dull tooth ache" feeling in my back with throbbing teste.

Kidney stone or what?
God Alan, ACAI berry is on the avoids for gout.

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  Sure sounds like it. You may well have uric acid stones. Most stones are calcium oxylate, but with your history, uric acid stones are a real possibility.

  Ask your doctor about a CT scan to look for stones.

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Help! I have been in hospital 2 times with "kidney stone pains", nausea, and now heartburn! Need to know cause
I have been in the hospital before, due to kidney stones. But the past two weeks have been very strange for me. I have been in the ER twice for "kidney stone pain", I was incredibly nauseated, and puked in the hospital parking lot, I was prescribed "Ciprofloxacin" because I also had a Urinary track infection, & it's been over a week since I was in the hospital. I keep having themost intense heartburn/chest pains, but I want to wait it out at home. I have also been more anxious this week, more than any other week in my life, & I have no idea why. I am not sure if the medicine causes this? I have also switched my diet, as i am now a vegan, & do not eat meat, though I used to eat Pizza Hut chicken wings like there was no tomorrow, so maybe the uric acid has something to do with this. I have a yeast infection now because of taking the "cipro" but my heartburn lasts for about 12 hours, non stop, and hurts & makes me short of breath. I take tums, senna laxitive, and advil pm, nothing helps!!

• ANSWER:
  Have you read the pamphlet that comes with the pills? My experience has been that anti-b's cause a lot of side effects. If the side effect is something to worry about, it'll tell you.

  In either case, I would mention it to the doctor.

  I took Levaquin and it made me very jumpy, I had trouble getting to sleep, and my sleep was restless.

  It's good that you've gone veg - animal proteins are believed to contribute to stones.

QUESTION:
How to get enough calcium and protein in my diet?
Hello to everyone reading.

My husband and I are both healthy eaters. We both enjoy a healthy, balanced diet and exercise. However, I have an issue. While I love most fruits and vegetables, and get my daily intake, I absolutely hate milk, and most dairy products. Also, meat turns my stomach a lot of the times, because I am have the Mirena, and I take an estrogen supplement, because of my Endmitriosis.

The estrogen seems to give me a bit of nausea sometimes, mostly concerning meat and eggs. The smell of them cooking causes my stomach to turn. I know that beans, and peas, and other vegetables contain protein, and iron. However, because of the Endomitriosis, I tend to be a bit anemic, so meat is a necessity for me. I cannot take iron pills, because I also have an issue with my kidneys, I make uric acid stones, and iron pills can make them worse, as can soy.

Also, I despise milk. I do not like the taste of it at all, so I bought some chai syrup, which I love. I add a tablespoon of it to my milk, and I can drink it. Though, it is quite sugary. Is that completely ruining the benefits of drinking milk? I force myself to eat yogurt, but I am not a huge fan of it. I do take a calcium supplement, but with my hormonal issues, I need my bones to be in the best shape they can be, for my old age, lol.

So, my questions are...

1) How can I make sure I get enough protein and iron?
2) Does the sugar in the chai syrup completely cancel out the benefit of drinking the milk?
3) What other ways can I make sure I get enough calcium?

BQ: Any women out there who have insane hormonal issues, who might be reading this. Have you ever had your hormonal supplements make you sick, and unable to eat certain things? If so, how did you get past it?

Thank you to everyone who reads. Please, do not tell me to talk to a doctor, I have already obviously done that, I am just looking for new/other ideas.

Please and Thank you!

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  try a Whey protein supplement. The bioavailabilty of it is approximately 98% as where a chicken egg is approximately 90 when cooked. Soy tends to upset the stomach any way. But soy does have its benefits for menopausal women such as helping with hormone levels. Daily recommended intake for calcium is 700 to upwards of 3000mg a day. I would recommend no more than 1500-2000 really cause you can develop kidney stones. As for the syrup in your milk its a great alternative to Chocolate syrup. And its probably sucrose based which is better than fructose. besides milk there are supplemental pills that range from 100-250 mg. A daily mumultivitamin specifically for women is also available. I recommend the GNC women's one to all my female personal ttraining clients because of the slow disintegration rate so it gives you a constant influx of vitamins and minerals.
  You can try supplementing with soy isoflavone too to help with hot flashes and what not.

QUESTION:
Is this true? My husband's 2mm kidney stone isn't what's bothering him?
My husband has had 2 CT scans in the past 3 months both of which show a 2mm kidney stone. He he's been to the ER for the usual symptoms (lower back and flank pain, blood in urine, fever, chills) and the urologist we took him to a few days ago scoffs at him. His blood work was normal and the CT showed that there was nothing else going on. When we gave the urologist the CD of the CT scan he told us he didn't see anything that would be bothering him and he's acting like my husband is just trying to get pain meds (he never asked for them either, I asked them to give him something for the pain). When I told him that I saw the stone on the CT myself, he said, "well yes there's a tiny stone but that wouldn't be causing his symptoms". I'm so frustrated. My husband is not a big baby and what's going on with him looks exactly like what people feel with stones. One of the ER docs said sometimes a stone can move then go back into the kidney over and over and I think that's what is happening. But the urologist is acting like a 2mm isn't big enough to bother him. I'd like to hear about other people's experiences. What can I do for him? He has Lortabs for pain, which don't seem to help much. Does the lemon juice/olive oil mixture really work? Don't know what the stone is made of though, probably calcium or uric acid. He is Japanese and has a family history of stones and gout if that makes a difference. Is a 2mm stone really too small for him to feel? Please help.

• ANSWER:
  The ureter would differ in its diameter down its length and a 2mm stone may become stuck or slowly scrape down causing alot of pain.
  Mine was fairly small, yet I passed out several times from the pain(and I was fine with natural, drug-free childbirth).
  The stone ended up becoming stuck half way down so I tried the olive oil/lemon juice concoction which was fairly foul and drank lots of water afterwards. All that happened was that I became very bloated and didn't pass much urine. I then tried Coke(as it has caffeine-diuretic) and after drinking a few litres, I ended up passing the stone which by then had broken up into tiny sand-like pieces.

QUESTION:
I am having some health issues and my doctors can't figure it out. Any good doctors to email questions to?
I am 15 years old, male, 6 foot, 200 lbs, and over the past month or so have been experiencing excruciating pain in my flanks. At first we thought I had kidney stones, as the pain seemed to move from my kidneys to my bladder. However, we were unable to visualize any stones on CTs, MRIs, ultrasound, or X-ray. I have had multiple of each scan, and the only finding was a few flecks on the kidneys in one ultrasound. This is the second episode of this intense pain. All blood and urine tests have come back normal. A new urologist that I saw last week said that he thought this pain was being caused by fecal impaction, but a few days of laxatives and bowel movements at least twice a day have not changed the pain. The constipation he saw on an x-ray was probably caused by large doses of percocet, which is the strongest painkiller I am allowed to have (this only helps slightly).

Two weeks after the first episode of this pain, which temporarily resolved itself, I began having headaches in the temples and behind the eyes. These headaches have not stopped since then, and I have had them for over a month. These headaches were diagnosed as cluster headaches, and while it is probably not related, I have included this info in case there is a possibility that one issue is causing the other.

Two weeks into the headaches, I began feeling the flank, pain again. This pain radiates into my testicles, and increases with urination I have seen multiple urologists, a nephrologist, a neurologist, and other ER doctors. My primary has not been much help with this issue, but I have another appointment with him tomorrow. Each doctor I have seen has said that because the blood-work and urine came back fine, they can't and won't treat me.

I really need help, any conditions you can find or think of that may be causing this pain, please let me know as soon as possible. My doctors are treating the lab-work, not the symptoms. Please get back to me, this is interfering with my schoolwork, and I will not finish out the year on time already because of what is going on.

Thank you

P.S. just some history-
My grandfather has gout and high uric acid, but none of the tests have shown the same for me so far.

Last February, I was sick for two weeks before I was diagnosed with appendicitis and had it removed. The morning after the surgery, I was diagnosed with lymphoma in my kidneys because of lesions seen on the CT scan with contrast (They couldn't see anything on the scans without contrast later). A biopsy guided by ultrasound-on which they could not see the lesions- revealed acute tubular necrosis. They gave no explanation, and after an MRI three weeks later, I was told that whatever was going on was resolving itself, and that all lesions on one kidney were gone, and most on the other were too, but not all of them. With the last MRI, the lesions could only be seen with contrast. Again, I am not sure if this is related, but it might be. My biggest question here is: should I do another scan with contrast and risk the radiation and damage? PLEASE help me.

• ANSWER:
  Wow! That is quite something!

  To answer your biggest question - YES. The amount of radiation is minimal and the contrast material won't hurt you.

  What I would do is get one doctor to coordinate all the tests and send them to the nearest Mayo Clinic Diagnostic lab. You've heard the expression Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? If you had a coordinate to send off everything, then you would have some of the best minds to diagnose what your problem is.

  I am so sorry to hear about your pain. It really absorbs your whole mind, doesn't it?

  Please let me know what happens - I am truly interested.

QUESTION:
I get alot of ....?
I get yeast infections once a month after my period. I also have had alot of bladder infections, 10 in one year. My boyfriend and I are sexually active. We have both been tested for STDs and they were negative. We use condoms cause he got the yeast infections. I am scared half to death that I might have HPV. I go see my OBGYN in April, earliest appointment. I have been tested for Kidney problems,stones,bladder problems. I was diagnosed with acalculous chloecysistis and need surgery. Could that be the reason. I also have high uric acid in the blood and have gout. I am a bit overweight. I am really scared and need some insignt on why I get so many infections. Please no poking fun as I am really stressed about this. My stomach hurts lots and I get alot of gas. Heartburn just started.
needed to add that sometimes it hurts to have sex and to urinate after. I also have a numbing sensation in my vagina opening, no sores. when I pee it hurts when I am almost done.
also had to add I am only 30 with two kids and this started last year!!

• ANSWER:
  have you been tested for intersititial cystitis? IC is only tested by doing a cystoscopy with hydrositention (you are knocked out for it). To me it sounds like IC. I have IC and was undiagnosed for a while. Do you take antibiotics for the bladder issues? If so can cause yeast infection. I also suggest eating yogert to help with the yeast infections. Adds back good bacteria into the body to help balance out the excess yeast. If it is IC eat a low acid diet (no coffee, pop, juices -except pear, no spicey foods etc), try the meds (elmiron - worked for me). Also try prelief - OTC drug you take before you eat to reduce acid. Most drug stores will order it for you if they don't carry it. Ask the doctor for some pyridium to help with the pain as well

  Stess can cause the stomach and gas issues. I find pop can too so I cut it out.

  I have hpv. In fact 80% of people have had hpv. there are over 100 strains but only a handful can lead to cervical cancer. i wouldn't worry about it as much as you are. Most cases of HPV resolve on their own within a year or you can get cryo surgery (burn it off) to help expedite the curing. I had it - no big deal.

QUESTION:
why do I get?
I get yeast infections once a month after my period. I also have had alot of bladder infections, 10 in one year. My boyfriend and I are sexually active. We have both been tested for STDs and they were negative. We use condoms cause he got the yeast infections. I am scared half to death that I might have HPV. I go see my OBGYN in April, earliest appointment. I have been tested for Kidney problems,stones,bladder problems. I was diagnosed with acalculous chloecysistis and need surgery. Could that be the reason. I also have high uric acid in the blood and have gout. I am a bit overweight. I am really scared and need some insignt on why I get so many infections. Please no poking fun as I am really stressed about this. My stomach hurts lots and I get alot of gas. Heartburn just started.
needed to add that sometimes it hurts to have sex and to urinate after. I also have a numbing sensation in my vagina opening, no sores. when I pee it hurts when I am almost done.
also had to add I am only 30 with two kids and this started last year!!
for Mari- no I have not been tested for HIV, no night sweats and only a bit of weight loss!!

• ANSWER:
  Sounds like cystitis the burning sensation... (Sorry if that is spelt wrong) You can get an easy over the counter remedy to this which you put into water... it's rather nice actually... the drink. I got it once from drinking to much Orange juice... the acids in it aren't good for you in large doses, maybe you are the same or have a large quantity of somthing similar.
  With the reast i think you really just need to wait to see you OBGYN and see you're doctor to ge the answer to many unanswered questions.

QUESTION:
What can I do to reduce?
Uric acid in my body.
I had a problem with it causing stones in my kidneys and now it it is causing gout.

• ANSWER:
  Drink a lot more water.

QUESTION:
How can I reduce????????
Uric acid in my body.
I had a problem with it causing stones in my kidneys and now it it is causing gout.

• ANSWER:
  Lemon juice every day will help as it, to some extent, dissolves uric acid.

  An alkaline diet also helps as it, to some extent, neutralizes uric acid.

QUESTION:
Urinary review question?
Urinary System Review

1. The main function of the urinrary system is:
a. absorb nutrients
b. remove waste products form the blood
c. make blood cells
d. remove carbon dioxide

2. The outer portion of the kidney is called the:
a. cortex c. medulla
b. hilus d. pleura

3. The structural and functional unit of the kidney is called:
a. renal tubule c. nephron
b. renal corpuscle d. Bowman’s capsule

4. A cup like, double walled structure with an inner filtering membrane best
describes the
a. glomerulus c. renal tubule
b. Bowman’s capsule d. loop of Henle

5. The composition of the filtrate can be altered by the
a. glomerulus c. renal tubule
b. Bowman’s capsule d. renal corpuscle

6. The process of filtration occurs at the
a. convoluted tubule c. loop of Henle
b. Bowman’s capsule d. renal tubule

7. Reabsorption of filtrate is carried out by the
a. convoluted tubule c. renal tubule
b loop of Henle d. glomerulus

8. Which of the following is not normally found in urine?
a. urea c. water
b. uric acid d. glucose

9. Occasionally, renal ______develop and disrupt normal flow.
a. calculi c. distension
b. stones d. a and b
10. The ureter carries urine from the
a. bladder to urethra c. kidney to bladder
b. bladder to kidney d. ureters to urethra

11. Women have more problems than men with urinary tract infections due to the fact the
a. ureter is so short and close to the anus
b. bladder is so small
c. urethra is so short and close to the anus
d. bladder is larger

12. The hormone ADH works on the:
a. distal convoluted tubule to promote water loss
b. distal convoluted tubule to promote water reabsorption
c. on the loop of Henle to promote water reabsorption
d. Bowman’s capsule to promote water reabsorption

13. Inflammation of the renal pelvis is called
a. leptospirosis c. pyelitis
b. nephritis d. renalitis

14. Diuretics will cause body fluids to become
a. hypertonic c. hypotonic
b. hypoosmotic d. isotonic

15. The basic principle behind dialysis is:
a. passive diffusion across selectively permeable membranes
b. active diffusion across selectively permeable membranes
c. active diffusion across impermeable membranes

16. Blood volume and pressure increase due to a series of changes initiated by the enzyme
a. ADH c. rennin
b. angiotensin II d. carbonic acid

• ANSWER:
  It's so funny when people try to cheat on assignments. You should be able to find everything in there on wikipedia. Why are you asking someone else to do it for you?

QUESTION:
Is it bad if your kidney bleeds everyday for over a year?
I have small kidney stones in my right kidney and for over the past year every time ive urinated there have been miscroscopic amounts of blood in it. My kidney is in pain quite often as well. I'd like to know if this can cause kidney cancer? My kidney stones are made up of uric acid and there is no hope of treatment for them. thanks

• ANSWER:
  yes, it is bad.

QUESTION:
How fast do Uric Acid Kidney stones form?
It seems like the night after I eat meat (1/2 lb of beef or chicken) a I get a stone. I'm primarily vegetarian now, but this has happened the last two times I've eaten meat and I'm wondering if this is normal and can be expected every time I break my no-meat diet?

The first time it happened I'd been meatless for 2 weeks, second time was 2 weeks after that.

• ANSWER:
  Uric acid stones form over time, so it is unlikely that one meal of meat can instantly form a stone. If you are getting stones so frequently and you have it properly confirmed that they are uric acid, you need to see a suitably qualified professional about a low uric acid diet.

QUESTION:
What can I eat to prevent kidney stones?
I had 2 procedures done to remove my kidney stones. Now I am scared to get them again, although I was told I had another one but to wait three months to see if I could pass it. If not, I would got through one of the procedures again. I was given a pamphlet that said to limit my intake of chicken, pork, fish, eggs, pork, and beef which produce uric acid stones. And limit coffee, tea, and the list goes on for the prevention of calcium stones. So what can I eat? I feel so discouraged. I was previously in a diet before I got ill with these kidney stones where I lost 35 pounds and eating fish and chicken was what I would eat, now I can't. I also limited my carbs intake because that is all is what I ate due to almost being diabetic. So now what? Will I have to become a vegetarian? Can someone please help me. I am so discouraged!

• ANSWER:

QUESTION:
My friend is addicted to Soda (Pepsi). What are some really good ways to get her off the stuff?
She has Kidney stones and Uric Acid conditions. we just read that soda is the main contributor and then she goes to the fridge and grabs the two liter; finished it off. Then she said "I drink a whole one of these a day!" She wont listen to me, and I think another addition to something way better and healthier would curb the soda diet. She also believes that the soda is helping her lose wieght.

• ANSWER:
  ok soda makes u gain weight even the light one due to gasses

QUESTION:
How to get enough calcium and protein in my diet?
Hello to everyone reading.

My husband and I are both healthy eaters. We both enjoy a healthy, balanced diet and exercise. However, I have an issue. While I love most fruits and vegetables, and get my daily intake, I absolutely hate milk, and most dairy products. Also, meat turns my stomach a lot of the times, because I am have the Mirena, and I take an estrogen supplement, because of my Endmitriosis.

The estrogen seems to give me a bit of nausea sometimes, mostly concerning meat and eggs. The smell of them cooking causes my stomach to turn. I know that beans, and peas, and other vegetables contain protein, and iron. However, because of the Endomitriosis, I tend to be a bit anemic, so meat is a necessity for me. I cannot take iron pills, because I also have an issue with my kidneys, I make uric acid stones, and iron pills can make them worse, as can soy.

Also, I despise milk. I do not like the taste of it at all, so I bought some chai syrup, which I love. I add a tablespoon of it to my milk, and I can drink it. Though, it is quite sugary. Is that completely ruining the benefits of drinking milk? I force myself to eat yogurt, but I am not a huge fan of it. I do take a calcium supplement, but with my hormonal issues, I need my bones to be in the best shape they can be, for my old age, lol.

So, my questions are...

1) How can I make sure I get enough protein and iron?
2) Does the sugar in the chai syrup completely cancel out the benefit of drinking the milk?
3) What other ways can I make sure I get enough calcium?

BQ: Any women out there who have insane hormonal issues, who might be reading this. Have you ever had your hormonal supplements make you sick, and unable to eat certain things? If so, how did you get past it?

Thank you to everyone who reads. Please, do not tell me to talk to a doctor, I have already obviously done that, I am just looking for new/other ideas.

Please and Thank you!

• ANSWER:
  try a Whey protein supplement. The bioavailabilty of it is approximately 98% as where a chicken egg is approximately 90 when cooked. Soy tends to upset the stomach any way. But soy does have its benefits for menopausal women such as helping with hormone levels. Daily recommended intake for calcium is 700 to upwards of 3000mg a day. I would recommend no more than 1500-2000 really cause you can develop kidney stones. As for the syrup in your milk its a great alternative to Chocolate syrup. And its probably sucrose based which is better than fructose. besides milk there are supplemental pills that range from 100-250 mg. A daily mumultivitamin specifically for women is also available. I recommend the GNC women's one to all my female personal ttraining clients because of the slow disintegration rate so it gives you a constant influx of vitamins and minerals.
  You can try supplementing with soy isoflavone too to help with hot flashes and what not.

QUESTION:
My URIC acid level is anywhere from 9-11 over the past 7 years. I just had the worst gout attack of all time?
Now I feel lower back pain and testicular pain with a touch of abdominal. I am wondering if it is kidney stones. I often have to force my urine, sometimes I go so much more than I have drank water in that recent time frame, all I drink is water and I have a very limited diet that strays to cheap potato chips twice a month maybe. What is causing this pain? I only take (0.6) mg of colchicine the past few days and only taking one pill a day doesnt normally cause me this much discomfort. I have the "dull tooth ache" feeling in my back with throbbing teste.

Kidney stone or what?
God Alan, ACAI berry is on the avoids for gout.

• ANSWER:
  Sure sounds like it. You may well have uric acid stones. Most stones are calcium oxylate, but with your history, uric acid stones are a real possibility.

  Ask your doctor about a CT scan to look for stones.

QUESTION:
Sharp pains in bladder just before and while I urinate!! 5 days now! ?
Ok, so I played basketball for like 3 hrs in 95 degree heat on Saturday. Was pretty dehydrated after, but was okay and recovered. The next day I went to pee and the right side of my bladder had these sharp stabbing pains! It's not up near the kidneys.. it's below the belly button to the right close to the groin. It feels a somewhat better after I'm done, but still has a sharp lingering pain all the time. Then when I have to pee again (i guess as the bladder is full) the intense pain comes back! It hasn't gotten any better and is now Wednesday. Went to the doctor today and they found no blood or infection in the urine. Gave me flexoril and said it's probably a pulled muscle. By the way, I don't have any history with kidney stones but my dad has had gout and uric acid stones sometimes. Anyway, the only diet changes lately have been drinking coffee and taking Pepcid. Thanks for you help!!

• ANSWER:
  The might be a formation of urate crystals or some other mineral crystals in your bladder. When you were dehydrated, the kidney reabsorbed more water back into the bloodstream from tubules in the kidneys. That will result in the increase of the concentration of the urine that enter the bladder. When this concentration reaches the saturation point where the minerals cannot be dissolved anymore, crystallization happens and a tiny stone might have formed and stuck somewhere in the wall lining of the bladder. When there is more urine enter into the bladder, the pressure pushes the crystal against the wall and cause the pain you were suffering.

  If you want to confirm it, you might need to go for a X-Ray. But I have to tell you if that crystal is a pure uric acid crystal, it is not visible under X-ray because it is transparent.

  Here is the dilemma, if you don't drink water, more or bigger crystal might form. If you drink more water, you might feel the pain more often. Personally, I will go for drinking more water and urinate frequently, at least the chance of dissolving (melting) and flush out the crystal is higher. Otherwise, you might need to go for surgery to remove the stones.

QUESTION:
Help! I have been in hospital 2 times with "kidney stone pains", nausea, and now heartburn! Need to know cause
I have been in the hospital before, due to kidney stones. But the past two weeks have been very strange for me. I have been in the ER twice for "kidney stone pain", I was incredibly nauseated, and puked in the hospital parking lot, I was prescribed "Ciprofloxacin" because I also had a Urinary track infection, & it's been over a week since I was in the hospital. I keep having themost intense heartburn/chest pains, but I want to wait it out at home. I have also been more anxious this week, more than any other week in my life, & I have no idea why. I am not sure if the medicine causes this? I have also switched my diet, as i am now a vegan, & do not eat meat, though I used to eat Pizza Hut chicken wings like there was no tomorrow, so maybe the uric acid has something to do with this. I have a yeast infection now because of taking the "cipro" but my heartburn lasts for about 12 hours, non stop, and hurts & makes me short of breath. I take tums, senna laxitive, and advil pm, nothing helps!!

• ANSWER:
  Have you read the pamphlet that comes with the pills? My experience has been that anti-b's cause a lot of side effects. If the side effect is something to worry about, it'll tell you.

  In either case, I would mention it to the doctor.

  I took Levaquin and it made me very jumpy, I had trouble getting to sleep, and my sleep was restless.

  It's good that you've gone veg - animal proteins are believed to contribute to stones.

QUESTION:
GOUT diet HELP??????
I don't have gout but I went to a follow-up with my urologist after passing a Kidney stone and my urine test came back with very high Uric acid. I was advised to cut back my protien intake and I did research and asked my doctor again who stated that a deit for Gout would be ideal. Only problem is this seems very overwhelming to me without guidance. My question is this and please be specific. I need some good reliable resources for Gout diets. Preferably, good cookbook recommendations, helpful books, menu plans, or websites? I have only found lists of foods I shouldn't eat but that doesn't help me to devise a healthy and balanced diet.

• ANSWER:
  www.goutdiet.com

QUESTION:
I need someone with medical understanding.?
I am a 35 year old male. 6’1 320 lb… Married and a father of two children… I am sick almost all the time. Into my mid 20s I was an athlete. When I had an injury that the doctors called a soft tissue injury of the ankle… They treated this by throwing pain killers at me for 7 years until I saw a specialist who told me it was in fact acute gout. I was told additionally I have a genetic condition called hyperlipidima my body naturally makes to many lipids. I was told they were over 10,000. Needless to say they were amazed I was alive. I have normal to low blood pressure. My cholesterol was 280…and is now 200. last time I had it checked. I have an uncler where my esophagus meets my stomach. They gave me a generic form of nexium to fix it. And it did from what I can tell.
I have this wonderful pain in my abdomen like all my organs get swollen and I also at that time double over in pain from cramps, as well as excessive gas and belching some kind of sulfur smelling something… It makes me vomit and have diarrhea to the point I lay on the bathroom floor and just hope if I was to fall asleep I would not wake up. I am tired, angry, cranky, depressed, and at a total loss. I talk to the doctor who tells me to losse weight. So, I try and well when I move it feels like 10000000 pins are slamming through my ankle so exercise is not easy. I can’t swim because I live in a cold weather region. I break bikes…flat out. I have lost 30 lb by diet modification. I cut out sugar and soda. I eat more veggies and less fats and red meat. Mostly because if I don’t I get a massive wave of pain from eating that stuff. I don’t sleep well… I have trouble breathing….I can’t stand for more then 2o min at a time…and if I do I can’t move for 3 days unless u take 800 mg anti-inflammation drugs. I have uric acid deposits in my feet. I take alloperinol for that when I can afford it. I can’t do this anymore. This needs to get fixed or I am a dead man. Oh and I have kidney stones…too…weee.

• ANSWER:
  It sounds like you've taken the first step with your diet modifications. My experience with exercising while injured is that a recumbent bike at a commercial gym is the only way to go to start. If you have your doctor order it, the gym membership may be covered by insurance or at least tax deductible.

  For me, it was overwhelming looking at how much had to happen for me to get better. It wasn't just the weight loss. It was the illnesses and surgeries, etc. It just seemed hopeless. I was reminded that you eat an elephant one day at a time. All I had to do was show up every morning at the gym regardless of how I felt and just do SOMETHING! I felt better mentally but not physically for a while.

  The stomach stuff was paralyzing at times. I worked with a great gastroenterologist who did exploratory surgery and found my bowel had migrated over to the left side and was twisting on itself. I had to be persistent though. It took over a year to get that resolved.

  Had to have knees replaced. One was put in wrong and was replaced again. Then it was the shoulder. Then carpal tunnel. Now it's ankle fusion. (you might want to look into that)

  My point is, as long as you are doing something to try to make yourself better every single day, then you are fighting the good fight. Don't quit! Yes, I know it's painful and everyday won't feel like a good one, but just hang in there. One day at a time. I have to stay away from the pain meds too because of depression. That really sucks sometimes.

  I think you really want to get better or you wouldn't have changed your diet. Set another goal. A reasonable one. And make a move toward it. Sometimes it seems like two steps forward and one step back but that's better than the alternative.

  I wish you all the best!

QUESTION:
Desperately need serious help ... weird health problem?
I am at my obesity first stage for 2 years and I know It's kind of serious. So i tried my best to exercise as much as I could. I cannot jog cos my body is too heavy and I walk a lot. I stay separately with my family and just rent a room where cooking is not allowed. So I've been eating outside food (mean unhealthy food) for 8 years!

I have Uric acid for 2 years but I could feel now It's getting more serious. I tried to control my food but I can't due to some reasons and I LOVE eating. I don't have much friends and no family around here so in other words I lack of support from People around me which sometimes make me feel lazy and give up on diet and exercise. This year I could feel my knees (joint) pain when I squat and I'm not sure for what reason my lower leg around ankle pain . I tried to drink as much water as possible. Another problem is about kidney/ bladder. I always feel something pulling and very pain about 3-4 inch below my belly ? Is it prostate? uterus ? or what? STONES ? any comment?

Another funny problem occur is I'm having sleeping problem for years. I don't have any stress and I'm very relax minded person. Sometime I can stay awake for 3 days without sleeping (just rest and close my eyes) I'm serious, no joking . I thought I'm having paranoia/ insomnia or whatever but doctor said I'm fine ? I am fat but I lack of blood ... and I don't have any chance to join any blood donation activities. If I could get better sleep the earliest I can sleep is 3 am and wake up at 7 am. Sometimes I sleep for 3 hours only for few months and I really feel like giving up my life ... It's freaking tired when I work without getting proper sleep. I tried many times to sleep early but end up I just wasting my time turning around the bed for hours. All tips I get from Internet I've tried but seems to be useless for me?

Now I'm having problems like getting dark spots, dry skin, low energy and pimples on the face and my skin contour/ texture getting worse and I get fine lines under my eyes at age 25! All thanks to my sleeping disorder. Since June started to hate my throat cos when I sleep I couldn't breath so I have to sleep side ways. I thought due to my double chin but doctor said no problems and gave me some medicine. After few weeks it (my throat problem) came back 2 weeks and gone for 3 weeks and come back to visit me again (on and off). Then my hip keep on getting the skin swelling boil things (ulcerate/ abscess). My eyes keep on coming tears/ watery and it feel pains and hot. There was few times I feel like my rib cage pain and feels like pulling up and down. Sometimes my chest pain ? Or may be liver problem due to uric acid? My spine stiff and I always pain here and there and now due to the pain at my lower leg ankle , am I having diabetics? My grandma had it !! I've done last body check up on April this years and so far doctor said only have to watch out my Uric Acid but still no need to take any medicine. I tried to consume supplements (very good n expensive brand) but after eating I felt my heart pumping faster and I gain weight ... very uncomfortable, then I stop taking any of it .... Am i alien? I'm sick keep on seeing doctor and pay for stupid unnecessary medication and consultation fee and doctors/ clinics are doing business sometime I don't need the stupid cream I also have to pay for it. I think I'm going to die.

Any idea how to overcome all these ?

Thanks for your advise.
My obesity problem caused serious problem only for Uric Acid. Other matters (especially sleeping problem) have been occurred before I started overweight. I was size 11 last 3 years.

• ANSWER:
  Hi - as you mention prostate, I take it that you are a guy.

  ALL of your symptoms are weight related.

  Consuming supplements and buying creams cannot help you in any way, until you understand this simple formulae:

  *overeating + underexercising = obesity / obesity = ill health and early death*

  You have sleep apnoea due to the flab at the back of your throat choking off your air supply when you try and sleep.

  You cannot sleep properly because you are inactive and because your poor body is trying to digest large amounts of unhealthy food.

  Your skin is swollen and boggy due to too much fat and water-retention caused by lack of exercise and too much salty processed foods. Inevitably this will lead to ulceration, or the lesions of diabetes.

  ALL of the organs in your body are now coated with a thick layer of yellow glutinous fat. They cannot help but give you symptoms such as those that you describe.

  Your joints are giving up because they cannot support your weight.

  Your facial skin is coarse and spotty because of the lack of good healthy food and the overeating of greasy fast foods.

  You need desperately to get to a Doctor (change your Doctor if you need to), and go on a healthy eating plan suitable for you.

  But this cannot and will not work until you face up to the fact that the thing that you love most in the world, your food, is killing you.

  Good luck for the future.

QUESTION:
Excess serum accumulation of uric acid can lead to a type of arthritis known as gout?
Excess serum accumulation of uric acid can lead to a type of arthritis known as gout. This painful condition is the result of needle-like crystals of uric acid precipitating in joints and capillaries.

Elevated serum uric acid (hyperuricemia) can result from high intake of purine-rich foods, and/or impaired excretion by the kidneys. Saturation levels of uric acid in blood may result in one form of kidney stones when the urate crystallizes in the kidney. These uric acid stones are radiolucent and so do not appear on an abdominal plain x-ray or CT scan. Their presence must be diagnosed by ultrasound for this reason. Very large stones may be detected on x-ray by their displacement of the surrounding kidney tissues. Some patients with gout eventually get uric kidney stones.[citation needed]
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What is serum or purine-rich foods?How can uric acid make crystals ?

• ANSWER:
  Serum means in the blood, it is not a food. Liquids like blood can hold a certain amount of a dissolved solid like uric acid. If there is more uric acid in the blood than it can hold, crystals of excess uric acid will form.
  from wikipedia food sources of purine
  Purines are found in high concentration in meat and meat products, especially internal organs such as liver and kidney. Plant based diets are generally low in purines [1].

  Examples of high-purine sources include: sweetbreads, anchovies, sardines, liver, beef kidneys, brains, meat extracts (e.g., Oxo, Bovril), herring, mackerel, scallops, game meats, and gravy.

  A moderate amount of purine is also contained in beef, pork, poultry, fish and seafood, asparagus, cauliflower, spinach, mushrooms, green peas, lentils, dried peas, beans, oatmeal, wheat bran, wheat germ, and hawthorn.

QUESTION:
What can cause elevated serum uric acid?
Elevated serum uric acid (hyperuricemia) can result from high intake of purine-rich foods, and/or impaired excretion by the kidneys. Saturation levels of uric acid in blood may result in one form of kidney stones when the urate crystallizes in the kidney. These uric acid stones are radiolucent and so do not appear on an abdominal plain x-ray or CT scan. Their presence must be diagnosed by ultrasound for this reason. Very large stones may be detected on x-ray by their displacement of the surrounding kidney tissues. Some patients with gout eventually get uric kidney stones
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What do you mean by uric acid stones are radiolucent and so do not appear on an abdominal plain x-ray or CT ? Where doo these stones take place in the human body.

• ANSWER:
  That means that these crystallized kidney stone (which is caused by elevated serum uric acid) is not likely to be seen on a general abdominal x-ray where other kind of kidney stone will.

  Kidney stones are usually found in kidneys.

QUESTION:
My husband has high levels of uric acid in his body. He also has loose poos. Are these connected?
He has just recovered from passing a kidney stone - second in 5 years and suffers from gout. His poos have always smelt acidic or sour. Is there a connection between excess uric acid and odd poos?

• ANSWER:
  Yes they are connected, and I will explain it to you backwards.

  People with gout are at an increase risk for developing kidney stones. Gout occurs when large aggregates of urate crystals collect in joints, bones and in renal tubules.

  What causes uric acid crystallization and stone formation? It is when urine pH is low.

  What causes low urine pH? Chronic diarrhea and also dehydration.

  Hope this helps.

QUESTION:
My URIC acid level is anywhere from 9-11 over the past 7 years. I just had the worst gout attack of all time?
Now I feel lower back pain and testicular pain with a touch of abdominal. I am wondering if it is kidney stones. I often have to force my urine, sometimes I go so much more than I have drank water in that recent time frame, all I drink is water and I have a very limited diet that strays to cheap potato chips twice a month maybe. What is causing this pain? I only take (0.6) mg of colchicine the past few days and only taking one pill a day doesnt normally cause me this much discomfort. I have the "dull tooth ache" feeling in my back with throbbing teste.

Kidney stone or what?
God Alan, ACAI berry is on the avoids for gout.

• ANSWER:
  Sure sounds like it. You may well have uric acid stones. Most stones are calcium oxylate, but with your history, uric acid stones are a real possibility.

  Ask your doctor about a CT scan to look for stones.

QUESTION:
Poll: Please vote for a Word Of the Day for Monday from these "leftover" nominations...?
and nominate a WOD for Tuesday, please.

The word for Sunday is perspicacity, meaning acuteness of perception or understanding. Please try to incorporate this word into your conversations today, or else, don't. It's up to you.

the nominees for WOD on Monday are.

• quadrant
• dichotomy
• Gout: Condition characterized by abnormally elevated levels of uric acid in the blood, recurring attacks of joint inflammation (arthritis), deposits of hard lumps of uric acid in and around the joints, and decreased kidney function and kidney stones. Uric acid is a breakdown product of purines, that are part of many foods we eat. The tendency to develop gout and elevated blood uric acid level (hyperuricemia) is often inherited and can be promoted by obesity, weight gain, alcohol intake, high blood pressure, abnormal kidney function, and drugs. The most reliable diagnostic test for gout is the identification of crystals in joints, body fluids and tissues.
• Duck head...the male equivalent of a chicken head....or duck butter....you will have to look that one up....
• uranomancy, an archaic term for astrology.
• Zodiac, from Greek meaning "circle of animals."
•And the editor nominates the word “embolism” meaning blood clot

• ANSWER:
  Zodiac

QUESTION:
Poll: Whish of these shall be Word of the Day for saturday and for sunday. Please vote!?
•quadrant
•Cynosure for Saturday.
•dichotomy
•perspicacity
•Gout: Condition characterized by abnormally elevated levels of uric acid in the blood, recurring attacks of joint inflammation (arthritis), deposits of hard lumps of uric acid in and around the joints, and decreased kidney function and kidney stones. Uric acid is a breakdown product of purines, that are part of many foods we eat. The tendency to develop gout and elevated blood uric acid level (hyperuricemia) is often inherited and can be promoted by obesity, weight gain, alcohol intake, high blood pressure, abnormal kidney function, and drugs. The most reliable diagnostic test for gout is the identification of crystals in joints, body fluids and tissues.
•Duck head...the male equivalent of a chicken head....or duck butter....you will have to look that one up....
•Saturday: uranomancy, an archaic term for astrology.
•Sunday: Zodiac, from Greek meaning "circle of animals."

•And the editor nominates the word “embolism” meaning blood clot.
I am awaiting more results but am inclined to duck butter (and let someone else look it up) and Zodiac on Sunday. Will post tonight. It is around 4:20 in CA and I will post an answer by 9pm.

• ANSWER:
  I vote for Cynosure and perspicacity.

QUESTION:
Are there any side effects for taking colchicine long term? Should I change to taking allopurinol ?
I am a 50 years old male good health. Since my first gout attack, I have been taking colchicine 500 gm daily for the last 10 months, and have not had a second gout attack, except for some minor pains in the knee caps. which usually happens after a night of alcohol drinking. I drink up to half a bottle of whisky and red wine each week. My uric acid is high. I was treated for kidney stones several years back.

• ANSWER:
  The most common side effects of colchicine involve the stomach and bowel and are dose related. These include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. One of the most worrisome side effects of colchicine is that it can damage the bone marrow causing severe anemia and seriously low white blood counts, thereby increasing the risk of infections. All patients taking colchicine long-term require blood count monitoring. Colchicine can also cause hair loss, weakness, and nerve irritation.... gout is at least twice as effective at lowering uric acid levels as the standard drug allopurinol. .. . Febuxostat has a different chemical structure than colchicine.

QUESTION:
Is this true? My husband's 2mm kidney stone isn't what's bothering him?
My husband has had 2 CT scans in the past 3 months both of which show a 2mm kidney stone. He he's been to the ER for the usual symptoms (lower back and flank pain, blood in urine, fever, chills) and the urologist we took him to a few days ago scoffs at him. His blood work was normal and the CT showed that there was nothing else going on. When we gave the urologist the CD of the CT scan he told us he didn't see anything that would be bothering him and he's acting like my husband is just trying to get pain meds (he never asked for them either, I asked them to give him something for the pain). When I told him that I saw the stone on the CT myself, he said, "well yes there's a tiny stone but that wouldn't be causing his symptoms". I'm so frustrated. My husband is not a big baby and what's going on with him looks exactly like what people feel with stones. One of the ER docs said sometimes a stone can move then go back into the kidney over and over and I think that's what is happening. But the urologist is acting like a 2mm isn't big enough to bother him. I'd like to hear about other people's experiences. What can I do for him? He has Lortabs for pain, which don't seem to help much. Does the lemon juice/olive oil mixture really work? Don't know what the stone is made of though, probably calcium or uric acid. He is Japanese and has a family history of stones and gout if that makes a difference. Is a 2mm stone really too small for him to feel? Please help.

• ANSWER:
  The ureter would differ in its diameter down its length and a 2mm stone may become stuck or slowly scrape down causing alot of pain.
  Mine was fairly small, yet I passed out several times from the pain(and I was fine with natural, drug-free childbirth).
  The stone ended up becoming stuck half way down so I tried the olive oil/lemon juice concoction which was fairly foul and drank lots of water afterwards. All that happened was that I became very bloated and didn't pass much urine. I then tried Coke(as it has caffeine-diuretic) and after drinking a few litres, I ended up passing the stone which by then had broken up into tiny sand-like pieces.

QUESTION:
Sharp pains in bladder just before and while I urinate!! 5 days now! ?
Ok, so I played basketball for like 3 hrs in 95 degree heat on Saturday. Was pretty dehydrated after, but was okay and recovered. The next day I went to pee and the right side of my bladder had these sharp stabbing pains! It's not up near the kidneys.. it's below the belly button to the right close to the groin. It feels a somewhat better after I'm done, but still has a sharp lingering pain all the time. Then when I have to pee again (i guess as the bladder is full) the intense pain comes back! It hasn't gotten any better and is now Wednesday. Went to the doctor today and they found no blood or infection in the urine. Gave me flexoril and said it's probably a pulled muscle. By the way, I don't have any history with kidney stones but my dad has had gout and uric acid stones sometimes. Anyway, the only diet changes lately have been drinking coffee and taking Pepcid. Thanks for you help!!

• ANSWER:
  The might be a formation of urate crystals or some other mineral crystals in your bladder. When you were dehydrated, the kidney reabsorbed more water back into the bloodstream from tubules in the kidneys. That will result in the increase of the concentration of the urine that enter the bladder. When this concentration reaches the saturation point where the minerals cannot be dissolved anymore, crystallization happens and a tiny stone might have formed and stuck somewhere in the wall lining of the bladder. When there is more urine enter into the bladder, the pressure pushes the crystal against the wall and cause the pain you were suffering.

  If you want to confirm it, you might need to go for a X-Ray. But I have to tell you if that crystal is a pure uric acid crystal, it is not visible under X-ray because it is transparent.

  Here is the dilemma, if you don't drink water, more or bigger crystal might form. If you drink more water, you might feel the pain more often. Personally, I will go for drinking more water and urinate frequently, at least the chance of dissolving (melting) and flush out the crystal is higher. Otherwise, you might need to go for surgery to remove the stones.

QUESTION:
GOUT diet HELP??????
I don't have gout but I went to a follow-up with my urologist after passing a Kidney stone and my urine test came back with very high Uric acid. I was advised to cut back my protien intake and I did research and asked my doctor again who stated that a deit for Gout would be ideal. Only problem is this seems very overwhelming to me without guidance. My question is this and please be specific. I need some good reliable resources for Gout diets. Preferably, good cookbook recommendations, helpful books, menu plans, or websites? I have only found lists of foods I shouldn't eat but that doesn't help me to devise a healthy and balanced diet.

• ANSWER:
  www.goutdiet.com

QUESTION:
Super Size Me: meaning of medical examination..?
Hi i was wondering if any of you who have watched Supersize me, could help me..
You know when Spurlock has trouble breathing and the doctor says:
"Your EKG is normal..
......
These numbers are absolutley outrageous. For the first time were seeing uric acid elevated, so youre giving yourself hyperuricemia and the danger of hyperuricemia is gout, kidney stones. The results for your liver are obscene beyond anything i would've thought..."

What does that actually mean in like normal simple terms?

Thanks

• ANSWER:

QUESTION:
I am having some health issues and my doctors can't figure it out. Any good doctors to email questions to?
I am 15 years old, male, 6 foot, 200 lbs, and over the past month or so have been experiencing excruciating pain in my flanks. At first we thought I had kidney stones, as the pain seemed to move from my kidneys to my bladder. However, we were unable to visualize any stones on CTs, MRIs, ultrasound, or X-ray. I have had multiple of each scan, and the only finding was a few flecks on the kidneys in one ultrasound. This is the second episode of this intense pain. All blood and urine tests have come back normal. A new urologist that I saw last week said that he thought this pain was being caused by fecal impaction, but a few days of laxatives and bowel movements at least twice a day have not changed the pain. The constipation he saw on an x-ray was probably caused by large doses of percocet, which is the strongest painkiller I am allowed to have (this only helps slightly).

Two weeks after the first episode of this pain, which temporarily resolved itself, I began having headaches in the temples and behind the eyes. These headaches have not stopped since then, and I have had them for over a month. These headaches were diagnosed as cluster headaches, and while it is probably not related, I have included this info in case there is a possibility that one issue is causing the other.

Two weeks into the headaches, I began feeling the flank, pain again. This pain radiates into my testicles, and increases with urination I have seen multiple urologists, a nephrologist, a neurologist, and other ER doctors. My primary has not been much help with this issue, but I have another appointment with him tomorrow. Each doctor I have seen has said that because the blood-work and urine came back fine, they can't and won't treat me.

I really need help, any conditions you can find or think of that may be causing this pain, please let me know as soon as possible. My doctors are treating the lab-work, not the symptoms. Please get back to me, this is interfering with my schoolwork, and I will not finish out the year on time already because of what is going on.

Thank you

P.S. just some history-
My grandfather has gout and high uric acid, but none of the tests have shown the same for me so far.

Last February, I was sick for two weeks before I was diagnosed with appendicitis and had it removed. The morning after the surgery, I was diagnosed with lymphoma in my kidneys because of lesions seen on the CT scan with contrast (They couldn't see anything on the scans without contrast later). A biopsy guided by ultrasound-on which they could not see the lesions- revealed acute tubular necrosis. They gave no explanation, and after an MRI three weeks later, I was told that whatever was going on was resolving itself, and that all lesions on one kidney were gone, and most on the other were too, but not all of them. With the last MRI, the lesions could only be seen with contrast. Again, I am not sure if this is related, but it might be. My biggest question here is: should I do another scan with contrast and risk the radiation and damage? PLEASE help me.

• ANSWER:
  Wow! That is quite something!

  To answer your biggest question - YES. The amount of radiation is minimal and the contrast material won't hurt you.

  What I would do is get one doctor to coordinate all the tests and send them to the nearest Mayo Clinic Diagnostic lab. You've heard the expression Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth? If you had a coordinate to send off everything, then you would have some of the best minds to diagnose what your problem is.

  I am so sorry to hear about your pain. It really absorbs your whole mind, doesn't it?

  Please let me know what happens - I am truly interested.

QUESTION:
What can I do to reduce?
Uric acid in my body.
I had a problem with it causing stones in my kidneys and now it it is causing gout.

• ANSWER:
  Drink a lot more water.

QUESTION:
How can I reduce????????
Uric acid in my body.
I had a problem with it causing stones in my kidneys and now it it is causing gout.

• ANSWER:
  Lemon juice every day will help as it, to some extent, dissolves uric acid.

  An alkaline diet also helps as it, to some extent, neutralizes uric acid.

QUESTION:
I get alot of ....?
I get yeast infections once a month after my period. I also have had alot of bladder infections, 10 in one year. My boyfriend and I are sexually active. We have both been tested for STDs and they were negative. We use condoms cause he got the yeast infections. I am scared half to death that I might have HPV. I go see my OBGYN in April, earliest appointment. I have been tested for Kidney problems,stones,bladder problems. I was diagnosed with acalculous chloecysistis and need surgery. Could that be the reason. I also have high uric acid in the blood and have gout. I am a bit overweight. I am really scared and need some insignt on why I get so many infections. Please no poking fun as I am really stressed about this. My stomach hurts lots and I get alot of gas. Heartburn just started.
needed to add that sometimes it hurts to have sex and to urinate after. I also have a numbing sensation in my vagina opening, no sores. when I pee it hurts when I am almost done.
also had to add I am only 30 with two kids and this started last year!!

• ANSWER:
  have you been tested for intersititial cystitis? IC is only tested by doing a cystoscopy with hydrositention (you are knocked out for it). To me it sounds like IC. I have IC and was undiagnosed for a while. Do you take antibiotics for the bladder issues? If so can cause yeast infection. I also suggest eating yogert to help with the yeast infections. Adds back good bacteria into the body to help balance out the excess yeast. If it is IC eat a low acid diet (no coffee, pop, juices -except pear, no spicey foods etc), try the meds (elmiron - worked for me). Also try prelief - OTC drug you take before you eat to reduce acid. Most drug stores will order it for you if they don't carry it. Ask the doctor for some pyridium to help with the pain as well

  Stess can cause the stomach and gas issues. I find pop can too so I cut it out.

  I have hpv. In fact 80% of people have had hpv. there are over 100 strains but only a handful can lead to cervical cancer. i wouldn't worry about it as much as you are. Most cases of HPV resolve on their own within a year or you can get cryo surgery (burn it off) to help expedite the curing. I had it - no big deal.

QUESTION:
why do I get?
I get yeast infections once a month after my period. I also have had alot of bladder infections, 10 in one year. My boyfriend and I are sexually active. We have both been tested for STDs and they were negative. We use condoms cause he got the yeast infections. I am scared half to death that I might have HPV. I go see my OBGYN in April, earliest appointment. I have been tested for Kidney problems,stones,bladder problems. I was diagnosed with acalculous chloecysistis and need surgery. Could that be the reason. I also have high uric acid in the blood and have gout. I am a bit overweight. I am really scared and need some insignt on why I get so many infections. Please no poking fun as I am really stressed about this. My stomach hurts lots and I get alot of gas. Heartburn just started.
needed to add that sometimes it hurts to have sex and to urinate after. I also have a numbing sensation in my vagina opening, no sores. when I pee it hurts when I am almost done.
also had to add I am only 30 with two kids and this started last year!!
for Mari- no I have not been tested for HIV, no night sweats and only a bit of weight loss!!

• ANSWER:
  Sounds like cystitis the burning sensation... (Sorry if that is spelt wrong) You can get an easy over the counter remedy to this which you put into water... it's rather nice actually... the drink. I got it once from drinking to much Orange juice... the acids in it aren't good for you in large doses, maybe you are the same or have a large quantity of somthing similar.
  With the reast i think you really just need to wait to see you OBGYN and see you're doctor to ge the answer to many unanswered questions.

QUESTION:
My feet feel broken all the time?
Ok, for the past few months, my right foot has felt like I broke it. The pain is bad when I first wake up, I can't walk for about 20 minutes or so. Now, both feet are doing it, but the left doesn't hurt nearly as bad. Last year, it all started with my heels, they felt like they were in pieces, I bought some insoles for heel fasciitis, and that problem eventually stopped. My mom told me it could be gout, she has some arthritis symptoms, including gout when she eats or drinks certain foods. I read about it, and something about uric acid, which made me think..I have had 2 kidney stones, and over 10 uti's in the past 8 years. And I am the biggest water drinker on the planet, always have been. I never had insurance, so just went to the er for those, never got a diagnosis, just really good pain meds:) . I do have insurance now, so I 'm wondering what kind of doctor I should see. Here is a little about me, if it helps narrow it down at all.
I'm 23, female, had 3 kids since I was 14(no judging please, I'm married to the daddy:) so I am a little overweight, never lost it all from the kids. but wasn't when I had the first stone at 16. I'm working on that, seems like no matter what I do for however long, it doesn't take off more than a few lbs, (was told 3rd shift can do that) I have been on 3rd shift for 4 1/2 yrs..which none of these probs started til recently. I am on my feet all night. And I get about 5 hours of sleep a day, max. Arthritis runs in my family, but I am so young, not sure here. Thanks for reading!

• ANSWER:
  You need to get a book called :

  "The Inflammation Cure" by Immunologist William Joel Meggs.

  This doctor talks about foods that promote inflammation -bad - don't eat and foods that reduce inflammation-> eat these foods.

  This diet plan helps people with obesity, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, some heart conditions, some cancers, 'fibromyalgia' and more.

  Email me if you want.

QUESTION:
I need someone with medical understanding.?
I am a 35 year old male. 6’1 320 lb… Married and a father of two children… I am sick almost all the time. Into my mid 20s I was an athlete. When I had an injury that the doctors called a soft tissue injury of the ankle… They treated this by throwing pain killers at me for 7 years until I saw a specialist who told me it was in fact acute gout. I was told additionally I have a genetic condition called hyperlipidima my body naturally makes to many lipids. I was told they were over 10,000. Needless to say they were amazed I was alive. I have normal to low blood pressure. My cholesterol was 280…and is now 200. last time I had it checked. I have an uncler where my esophagus meets my stomach. They gave me a generic form of nexium to fix it. And it did from what I can tell.
I have this wonderful pain in my abdomen like all my organs get swollen and I also at that time double over in pain from cramps, as well as excessive gas and belching some kind of sulfur smelling something… It makes me vomit and have diarrhea to the point I lay on the bathroom floor and just hope if I was to fall asleep I would not wake up. I am tired, angry, cranky, depressed, and at a total loss. I talk to the doctor who tells me to losse weight. So, I try and well when I move it feels like 10000000 pins are slamming through my ankle so exercise is not easy. I can’t swim because I live in a cold weather region. I break bikes…flat out. I have lost 30 lb by diet modification. I cut out sugar and soda. I eat more veggies and less fats and red meat. Mostly because if I don’t I get a massive wave of pain from eating that stuff. I don’t sleep well… I have trouble breathing….I can’t stand for more then 2o min at a time…and if I do I can’t move for 3 days unless u take 800 mg anti-inflammation drugs. I have uric acid deposits in my feet. I take alloperinol for that when I can afford it. I can’t do this anymore. This needs to get fixed or I am a dead man. Oh and I have kidney stones…too…weee.

• ANSWER:
  It sounds like you've taken the first step with your diet modifications. My experience with exercising while injured is that a recumbent bike at a commercial gym is the only way to go to start. If you have your doctor order it, the gym membership may be covered by insurance or at least tax deductible.

  For me, it was overwhelming looking at how much had to happen for me to get better. It wasn't just the weight loss. It was the illnesses and surgeries, etc. It just seemed hopeless. I was reminded that you eat an elephant one day at a time. All I had to do was show up every morning at the gym regardless of how I felt and just do SOMETHING! I felt better mentally but not physically for a while.

  The stomach stuff was paralyzing at times. I worked with a great gastroenterologist who did exploratory surgery and found my bowel had migrated over to the left side and was twisting on itself. I had to be persistent though. It took over a year to get that resolved.

  Had to have knees replaced. One was put in wrong and was replaced again. Then it was the shoulder. Then carpal tunnel. Now it's ankle fusion. (you might want to look into that)

  My point is, as long as you are doing something to try to make yourself better every single day, then you are fighting the good fight. Don't quit! Yes, I know it's painful and everyday won't feel like a good one, but just hang in there. One day at a time. I have to stay away from the pain meds too because of depression. That really sucks sometimes.

  I think you really want to get better or you wouldn't have changed your diet. Set another goal. A reasonable one. And make a move toward it. Sometimes it seems like two steps forward and one step back but that's better than the alternative.

  I wish you all the best!