Tuesday, May 31, 2011

Kidney Stones Symptoms

What is a kidney stones symptom? Urinary tract stones are hard masses that form from precipitation of crystals in the urine. This stone is most often formed within the kidney or urethra (urine canal that connects the kidney to the bladder). But it may also form in the bladder or urethra (tube that connects the bladder and genitalia). The following will be discussed about kidney stones symptoms.

Kidney stones can be sized from as small as sand until the registration of grapes. Most kidney stones are formed out together with the urine without causing complaints. If kidney stones are large more than 2-3 mm, only then can generate complaints due to blockage of the urinary tract.

Causes of kidney stones

Kidney stones are mostly unknown cause. But there are some kinds of diseases that can cause of kidney stones, among others: renal tubular acidosis and modularly sponge kidney.

Types of kidney stones

Types of kidney stones
most often (more than 80%) is formed from calcium oxalate crystals. Conventional opinion says that consumption of large amounts of calcium can lead to kidney stones. However, recent evidence even stated that the consumption of calcium in the number of little it is that triggered this kidney stone. This is because with the low calcium intake, the oxalate is absorbed by the body more and more. Oxalic acid through the kidneys and is then discarded into the urine. In the urine, oxalate is a substance that is easy to form deposits of calcium oxalate.

Another type of stones is formed from struvit (magnesium, ammonium, and phosphate), uric acid, calcium phosphate, and cystine.

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