kidney stones

Kidney stones occur due to metabolic and dietary imbalance in the body and reflect disturbances of the body’s fluid and acid balance. Under different conditions, various substances precipitate out of the urine and form sludge, sediment, gravel or large stones. Sediments or even stones may pass in the urine, accompanied by severe pain and blood. Types of Kidney stones There are three most common forms of kidney stones:- 1. Oxalate stones are likely to occur with persistently concentrated urine and some people assume that a diet including to much oxalic acid enriched foods is necessary for stone formation. Such foods are spinach, tomatoes, rhubarb, etc. but this is yet to be scientifically proven. 2. Calcium or phosphate stones are large and staghorn shaped. They may form rapidly under excessively alkaline […]