Kidney stones

Kidney stones: Introduction

Kidney stones: Renal failure is any acute or chronic loss of kidney function and is the term used when some kidney function remains. ESRD is total, or ... more about Kidney stones.

Kidney stones: Stone-like calcium deposits in the kidney. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Kidney stones is available below.

Symptoms of Kidney stones

• Early symptoms such as those of slower onset chronic kidney failure:
  • Fatigue
  • Listlessness
  • Reduced urine
• Total lack of urine
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 13 symptoms of Kidney stones

Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Kidney stones:

• Bladder & Urinary Health: Home Testing:
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  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney Function)
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• Prostate Health: Home Testing:
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  • Home PSA Antigen Tests
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• Kidney Health: Home Testing:
  • Home Kidney Testing
  • Home Microalbumin Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urine Protein Tests (Kidney)
  • Home Urinary Tract Infection Test Kits
• more tests...»

Kidney stones: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Kidney stones:

• Uremia
• Shock
• Seizures
• Coma
• End Stage Renal Disease - the name for the last state of chronic kidney failure
• See also complications of End Stage Renal Disease
• more complications...»

Medical Textbooks Online about Kidney stones

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Diagnostic Tests for Kidney stones

• Kidney function tests
• Urine tests
• more tests...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Kidney stones?

• Misdiagnosis of Kidney stones
• Failure to diagnose Kidney stones
• Hidden causes of Kidney stones (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
• Undiagnosed: Kidney stones

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Kidney stones: Undiagnosed Conditions

Commonly undiagnosed diseases in related medical categories:

• Urinary & Bladder Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
  • Incontinence -- Undiagnosed
  • Overactive Bladder Syndrome -- Undiagnosed
  • Interstitial Cystitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Prostate Disorders -- Undiagnosed
  • more ...»
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Kidney stones

Interstitial cystitis an under-diagnosed bladder condition: The medical condition of interstitial cystitic is a bladder condition that can be misdiagnosed as various conditions such as overactive bladder or other causes of pelvic pain. This condition can cause chronic pelvic pain or symptoms of urinary incontinence, similar to overactive bladder. Millions of patients may be misdiagnosed - an estimated third of the 9 million women with chronic pelvic pain (CPP) or 4.5 million of the 17 million women with overactive bladder syndrome do not respond well to treatment, and may have interstitial cystitis rather than their given diagnosis. In other words, about 6 million US women may have misdiagnosed interstitial cystitis. See interstitial cystitis or overactive bladder, or incontinence....read more »

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Kidney stones: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Urinary & Bladder Specialists (Urology):
  • Urology (Urinary Specialists)
  • Urological Surgery (Urinary Surgeons)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- State Directory
• Kidney Health Specialists (Nephrology):
  • Nephrology (Kidney Health)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Health)
  • Urology (Urinary/Bladder)
  • Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Local Directory
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Kidney stones

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Kidney stones:

• Kidney Dialysis Centers -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Kidney Doctors (Nephrologists) -- Ratings and Reports
• Kidney Health (Nephrology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• Urinary Health (Urology) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Kidney stones, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Causes of Kidney stones

• Causes of acute kidney failure:
  • Hemorrhage
  • Internal bleeding
  • Shock
  • Heart attack
• more causes...»

See full list of 221 causes of Kidney stones

More information about causes of Kidney stones:

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• Drug interactions causing Kidney stones (25 listings)
• Underlying causes of Kidney stones
• Kidney stones as a complication caused by other conditions
• Kidney stones as a symptom
• Medical news summaries relating to Causes of Kidney stones

Treatments for Kidney stones

• Treatment of acute kidney failure:
  • Treatment of the underlying cause
  • Kidney dialysis
• Treatment of chronic kidney failure:
  • Kidney dialysis
• more treatments...»

See full list of 7 treatments for Kidney stones

Latest Treatments for Kidney stones

• IV fluids
• Morphine
• Demerol
• Ketorolac
• Prochlorperazine
• more treatments...»

See full list of 11 latest treatments for Kidney stones

News Archives for Kidney stones

Medical news articles related to Kidney stones include:

• Some Diet Sodas May Ward Off Kidney Stones
• Health Tip: Reducing Your Risk of Kidney Stones
• Tainted China Formula Caused High Rate of Kidney Stones in Kids
• Gene Mutation in Dalmatians Sheds Light on Kidney Stones in Humans
• More Kids Getting Kidney Stones
• Iced Teas Pose High Risk of Kidney Stones
• more health news...»

Source: HealthDay News

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Kidney stones

Medical research articles related to Kidney stones include:

• Pharmacological interventions for preventing complications in idiopathic hypercalciuria
• What are the renal complications of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for treating kidney stones?
• Vitamin D and vitamin D analogues for preventing fractures associated with involutional and post-menopausal osteoporosis
• Is there a link between Conn's syndrome/hyperaldosteronism and renal calculi?
• Kidney stones
• Urolithiasis
• Is there a link between Conn's syndrome/hyperaldosteronism and renal calculi?
• more research...»

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Prognosis for Kidney stones

Prognosis for Kidney stones: Most kidney stones pass out of the body without any intervention by a physician. Cases that cause lasting symptoms or other complications may be treated by various techniques, most of which do not involve major surgery. (Source: excerpt from Kidney Stones: NWHIC)

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Prevention of Kidney stones

Prevention information for Kidney stones has been compiled from various data sources and may be inaccurate or incomplete. None of these methods guarantee prevention of Kidney stones.

• Vitamin B6 - possibly used for related vitamin B6 deficiency
• more preventions...»

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Statistics for Kidney stones

• Medical statistics for Kidney stones
• Prevalence and incidence statistics for Kidney stones
• Death and Mortality statistics for Kidney stones
• Society statistics for Kidney stones

Kidney stones: Broader Related Topics

• Kidney conditions
• Stones
• more types...»

Types of Kidney stones

Types of Kidney stones

• Calcium stone - most common type
• Struvite - infection stone
• Uric acid stone
• Cystine stone
• Ureteral stone
• more types...»

See full list of 8 Types of Kidney stones

Curable Types of Kidney stones

Possibly curable types of Kidney stones include:

• Renal failure due to eclampsia
• Renal failure due to malignant hypertension
• Renal failure associated with transplant rejection
• Renal failure associated with renal artery obstruction
• Renal failure associated with renal vein obstruction
• more types...»

Rare Types of Kidney stones:

Rare types of Kidney stones include:

• Renal failure due to myeloproliferative diseases
• Renal failure due to hepatorenal syndrome
• Renal failure due to hypercalcemia
• Renal failure due to renal artery obstruction
• Renal failure associated with scleroderma
• more types...»

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Article Excerpts about Kidney stones

Glomerular Diseases: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Renal failure is any acute or chronic loss of kidney function and is the term used when some kidney function remains. ESRD is total, or nearly total, and permanent kidney failure. (Source: excerpt from Glomerular Diseases: NIDDK)

What Are Kidney Stones: NIDDK (Excerpt)

A kidney stone is a solid piece of material that forms in the 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 of 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. (Source: excerpt from What Are Kidney Stones: NIDDK)

Your Urinary System and How It Works: NIDDK (Excerpt)

Kidney stones is the term commonly used to refer to stones, or calculi, in the urinary system. Stones form in the kidneys and may be found anywhere in the urinary system. They vary in size. Some stones cause great pain while others cause very little. The aim of treatment is to remove the stones, prevent infection, and prevent recurrence. Both nonsurgical and surgical treatments are used. Kidney stones affect men more often than women. (Source: excerpt from Your Urinary System and How It Works: NIDDK)

Definitions of Kidney stones:

Calculi occurring in the kidney. Calculi too large to pass spontaneously range in size from 1 cm to the staghorn stones that occupy the renal pelvis and calyces. - (Source - Diseases Database)

The presence of kidney stones (calculi) in the kidney - (Source - WordNet 2.1)