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What is Urinary stones?

What is Urinary stones?

• Urinary stones: Stones in the urinary tract or bladder.

Urinary stones: Introduction

Types of Urinary stones:

Types of Urinary stones:

• Bladder stones
• Ureteric stones - forming in the ureter; see also kidney stones
• Type of urinary stone by chemical composition:
  • Calcium stones - about 80%
  • Uric acid stones
  • Magnesium salt stones
• Types of bladder stones:
  • Phosphatic bladder stones
  • Uratic bladder stones - related to gout
  • Oxalic bladder stones
• more types...»

Broader types of Urinary stones:

• Bladder conditions
• Urinary disorders
• Stones
• more types...»

How many people get Urinary stones?

Prevalance of Urinary stones: 5.2% of adults in the USA 1988-1994 (Weighted Analysis of 1988-1994 National Health and Nutrition Survey, 2003)
Prevalance Rate of Urinary stones: approx 1 in 19 or 5.20% or 14.1 million people in USA [about data]

How serious is Urinary stones?

Complications of Urinary stones: see complications of Urinary stones

What causes Urinary stones?

Causes of Urinary stones: see causes of Urinary stones

What are the symptoms of Urinary stones?

Symptoms of Urinary stones: see symptoms of Urinary stones

Complications of Urinary stones: see complications of Urinary stones

Urinary stones: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Urinary stones.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Urinary stones.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Urinary stones: see treatments for Urinary stones
Prevention of Urinary stones: see prevention of Urinary stones
Research for Urinary stones: see research for Urinary stones

Society issues for Urinary stones

Costs of Urinary stones: $1.83 billion (direct and indirect) for evaluation and treatment in the USA 1993 (Journal of Urology, 1995)

Hospitalization statistics for Urinary stones: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Urinary stones:

• 0.45% (56,987) of hospital episodes were for urolithiasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 90% of hospital consultations for urolithiasis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 71% of hospital episodes for urolithiasis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 29% of hospital episodes for urolithiasis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 41% of hospital admissions for urolithiasis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 3.4 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for urolithiasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for urolithiasis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• more statistics...»

Physician office visits for Urinary stones: 1.325 million visits (NIDDK)

Organs Affected by Urinary stones:

Organs and body systems related to Urinary stones include:

• Urinary
• Bladder
• Ureter

Name and Aliases of Urinary stones

Main name of condition: Urinary stones

Other names or spellings for Urinary stones:

urolithiasis

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Urinary stones:

• Renal calculi
• Kidney stones
• Kidney stone
• Renal stone
• Ureteral calculi
• Nephrolithiasis
• Ureterolithiasis
• Kidney calculi
• Acute nephrolithiasis

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