Have you ever wondered about ‘what are the first signs of kidney stones?’. This is among the commonest questions I get from my patients. Hello, my name is Dr. Karthik Gunasekaran, consultant urologist in laser kidney stone clinic which specializes in offering non-invasive kidney stone treatments in Chennai city. In this roundup post, I am going…
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Bladder Cancer Risk Factors Bladder cancer is the fourth most prevalent cancer in men and also affects women. Bladder cancer occurs when abnormal cells in the bladder grow and multiply quickly and uncontrollably, and invade other tissues. Bladder cancer usually begins in urothelial cells that line the inside of the bladder and are also found in kidneys…
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Carbonated drinks and Kidney stones Carbonated drinks such as Coca-cola, Pepsi and their variants have negative effects along with their “refreshingly great taste”. They are linked with diseases like diabetes, hypertension and most importantly causing chronic kidney diseases. Carbonated beverages even if it is regular or sugar-free / diet / 0 calories hurt have negative…
Kidney stones were very rare among children or teens and is now increasingly common. The annual incidence of kidney stones has gone up in the recent years and has almost doubled in children. In contrast to the more common occurrence of kidney stones in men than in women during middle age, teenage girls have a higher rate of kidney stone occurrence than boys of the same age group.
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The incidence of kidney stone disease is also rising world over!. Poor lifestyle habits, improper dietary food patterns combined with obesity are among the top causes of kidney stones. Moreover, the pain of kidney stone is highly intolerable. Patients reel and sometimes they can faint from the pain.
From a clinical perspective, we strongly recommend medical treatment and conservative management for stones that are less than 5 mm in size. Furthermore, for most stone sizes less than 5 mm in size, with a combination of medications and aggressive fluid therapy we can expect the stone to be expelled out of the body roughly in about 4 to 6 weeks.
Okay, now kidney stone occurs when hard crystals made of salt sediment and form concentrated masses in the urine. One of the most common causes of kidneys stone is dehydration and loss of water…
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