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Tea Time: Kidney Stones

6/11/2019

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  • Symptoms
    • Severe pain in the side and back, below the ribs
    • Pain that radiates to the lower abdomen and groin
    • Pain that comes in waves and fluctuates in intensity
    • Pain on urination
    • Pink, red or brown urine
    • Cloudy or foul-smelling urine
    • Nausea and vomiting
    • Persistent need to urinate
    • Urinating more often than usual
    • Fever and chills if an infection is present
    • Urinating small amounts
  • Types of stones
    • Calcium
      • Oxalate (most common)
      • Phosphate
    • Uric Acid (from gout or uncontrolled diabetes)
    • Struvite (from infection, like UTI)
    • Cystine
  • Risk factors
    • Medications
      • protease inhibitors
      • antibiotics
      • some diuretics
      • seizure meds
    • IBD (crohn's, ulcerative colitis)
    • Gastric Bypass
    • Hyperparathyroidism
    • Renal Tubular Acidosis
  • Treatment
    • Small stones - increased fluids, pain relievers, meds
    • large stones - sound waves, surgery, scope, parathyroid surgery
  • Dietary interventions for prevention
    • General recommendations
      • Increase water intake (and decrease sugar-sweetened beverages and alcohol)
      • Follow DASH diet (increased fruits, veggies, legumes)
      • Use caution with weight loss (high protein diet, laxatives, loss of lean body mass, dehydration could increase risk of stones)
    • Calcium Oxalate stones
      • Decrease sodium
      • Get enough calcium from foods
      • Limit animal protein intake
      • Avoid vitamin C supplements
      • Decrease high-oxalate foods (spinach, beets, swiss chard, nuts, peanuts, soy foods, sesame seeds, wheat bran, chocolate)
        • Eating high-oxalate foods with a calcium source can help
    • Calcium Phosphate stones
      • Decrease sodium
      • Get enough calcium from foods
      • Limit animal protein
      • Limit phosphorus additives (preservatives)
        • fast food, ready-to-eat foods, canned and bottled drinks, processed foods
      • Cranberry juice to lower pH of urine
    • Uric Acid stones
      • Limit animal protein
    • Cystine stones
      • Increase water intake
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