kidney stones 🪨

Which inflammatory disease can increase your risk of having uric acid kidney stones and why?

Gout because of increased uric acid

What is one dietary fact to know when somebody has kidney stones?

They do not need to decrease their calcium

What is the number one treatment for kidney stones that does not require medical intervention? Why?

Increase fluids. Because it helps pee out stone

If a stone is too big to pee out what is the name of one non-invasive medical procedure that could be done? How does it work?

Lithotripsy - it breaks stones into little pieces easier to pass

What the name of drug that could be prescribed to help pass kidney stones? How does it work to do that?

tamsulosin; Dilate urethral pathway to open it up to help kidney stone pass