It is a very well-known fact about Covid-19 disease that it can be deadly for people with certain underlying health problems. Apart from the general precautions that should be taken by everyone amidst coronavirus pandemic, here is what kidney patients READ MORE
These sizes have a 50 percent chance of passing on its own by taking adequate fluid intake. Here we are going to discuss the ways when they are still there and the situation demands urgent removal for reasons such as READ MORE
Salta and different minerals, usually calcium and uric acid combine and harden to for kidney stones. When you are not consuming enough liquids which is leading to insufficient hydration, the concentration of minerals in your urine increases. This is the READ MORE
Most patients inquire for a 4 to 6 mm stone in kidneys or ureters. This small size can be removed by vibration or eswl technology from outside. No anaesthesia or cut is needed. Another way is by Ureteroscopy, where a READ MORE
Flexible ureteroscopy is the method in which a small fibroptic instrument called an Ureteroscope is passed inside the ureter through the urethra and the urinary bladder. The technique is used for the patients who are suffering from kidney stones. The READ MORE
Kidney stones are found in various sizes ranging from 4 mm to 16 mm as medium sized stones and Upto 35 mm as large and staghorn shaped stones. Most large stones are found within kidneys whereas smaller ones are earlier READ MORE
The chances of passing a stone single or multiple in number depends on few factors which one can understand and take steps. Most stones 3 to 5 mm are a normal finding in kidney and they can cause pain or READ MORE
Kidney stones when present can be silent or very painful at times depending on the position of stone within the kidney system. This means in simple terms whether the stone is obstructing the flow of urine from kidney towards ureter. READ MORE
The pain associated with kidney stones is unbearable at times. If the patient has to undergo an open surgery along with that, the uneasiness and the pain gets doubled. Well, due to the advancement in medical science, various laser and READ MORE
Laser assisted kidney stone treatment is a latest innovation which fragments the stone into dust or very fine particles and they can be taken out through the same tract without any cut in the body. This is one of the READ MORE
