{"id":7257,"date":"2021-02-25T18:31:44","date_gmt":"2021-02-25T18:31:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wondermentgardens.com\/?p=7257"},"modified":"2021-02-25T18:31:49","modified_gmt":"2021-02-25T18:31:49","slug":"kidney-stones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wondermentgardens.com\/kidney-stones\/","title":{"rendered":"Kidney Stones"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Dear Annie, I recently spent about a week in the hospital due to large kidney stones. I never even knew it was there. The doctors performed a procedure called a laser lithotripsy to break it up but say the smaller stones will still have to pass. Can you tell me more about what to expect and how to help myself with herbal and natural remedies?<\/p>
Wow, I am very sorry to hear of your plight. It must have been a very scary and painful process. Did you know that more than half a million people go to the emergency room every year because of problems with kidney stones? A laser lithotripsy is preformed when stones are too large to pass on their own, causing urine blockage or damage to the kidney. Luckily, herbal and natural remedies are well suited to help the body pass most kidney stones and are definitely appropriate to help you pass the smaller ones.<\/p>
First let\u2019s begin with an understanding of kidney stones in general and how they are formed. Then, we\u2019ll get into some natural solutions and herbal remedies.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t The occurrence of urinary stones is on the rise. Today, about 9% of the those in the United States will experience a kidney stone at some point in their life, up from about 3% in the late 1990s. About 50% of the people who have had stones, will likely have a recurrence in 5 to 7 years. Men are more at risk than women, but only slightly. Other diseases such as High blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity my increase the risk.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Kidney stones are formed when urine becomes too concentrated in the kidneys. When this happens, excess waste, mineral deposits and certain salts gather together to create a solid crystallized mass. This mass, called a stone or calculi, continues to grow unless it passes out of the body with the urine.\u00a0<\/p> To \u201cpass,\u201d the stone moves through the ureter and into the bladder. Once in the bladder, it easily exits the body with the flow of urine.<\/p> Because the body and our urine naturally contain the elements needed to create urinary stones, it is possible, and completely normal, to have very small stones and have no symptoms. Chemicals inside the urine prevent them from growing larger. When we have enough liquid in the system, it naturally washes them out. Larger stones, however, can be a problem.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Renal colic is the intense pain accompanying a kidney stone as it moves into and through the ureter. This is an intense pain that comes on suddenly. The extreme pain often radiates down the flank and may come in waves, radiating around the lower abdomen, into the groin and even into the upper thigh.\u00a0<\/p> The process of passing a kidney stone can take from a few hours to a few days. Once stones have passed into the bladder, the pain is gone.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
About Kidney Stones<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
Anatomy of Kidney Stones<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
Additional symptoms of kidney stones may include:<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t