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TwitterNephrology Topics: Kidney Failure Kidney Stones Nephritis Nephrology is a field of science that makes its goals to identify, study and treat various genetic and acquired kidney diseases ranging from common kidney stones to more serious nephritis and to dangerous conditions like kidney failure. Healthy kidneys perform an array of vital bodily functions. Kidneys are [...]
Articles Tagged ‘types of kidney stones’
Signs of Kidney Stones in Men
Kidney stones in men may show a number of signs, or they may show no signs at all. There are a number of factors that combine to determine what symptoms are experienced, and the location and size of the stone will have an impact on the kidney stones pain felt. In some cases kidney stone [...]
Kidney Stones Symptoms in Women
Kidney stones symptoms in women can range from no signs at all with silent stones all the way up to excruciating pain and a number of other symptoms. There are numerous types of kidney stones, and they can be found in varying sizes which range from microscopic up to a size large enough to block [...]
What Causes Kidney Infections?
Are you wondering what causes kidney infections and why some people are more prone to getting them compared to the others? While answering the question what causes kidney infections, it’s important to point out that younger women are the most common group affected by kidney infections due to the anatomically shorter structure of the urethra [...]
Top 10 Things to Know about Kidney Stone Removal
1. If your kidney stones are less than five millimeters in diameter, the odds are you will not require kidney stone removal and the stones will pass without any treatment. If the stone is less than ten millimeters than the odds of removal being required are about fifty percent. 2. Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy, or [...]
5 Types of Kidney Stones
Do you think kidney stones are all the same? Apparently they are not and there are several types of kidney stones are known: 1. Calcium Stones Four out of every five kidney stones will be calcium types of kidney stones. Calcium and oxalate can both cause calcium stones to form, and if either of these [...]