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Types of Kidney Stones

Calcium Oxalate Stones
Calcium Oxalate Stones

Calcium oxalate stones are the most common type of kidney stone. Kidney stones are solid masses that form in the kidney when there are high levels of calcium, oxalate, cystine, or phosphate and too little liquid. There are different types of kidney stones.

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Calcium Phosphate Stones
Calcium Phosphate Stones

Learn whether diet can help prevent or relieve kidney stones. ... If you have had calcium oxalate or calcium phosphate stones, you should follow this guideline, ...

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Calcium Stones
Calcium Stones

Calcium oxalate stones are the most common type of kidney stone. Kidney stones are solid masses that form in the kidney when there are high levels of calcium, oxalate, cystine, or phosphate and too little liquid. There are different types of kidney stones. Your healthcare provider can test your stones to find what type you have.

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Cystine Stones
Cystine Stones

A cystine stone is a type of kidney stone. Many people think there is only one type of kidney stone. But in fact, there are different types. A kidney stone is a solid piece of material that forms in a kidney. It may stay in the kidney or travel down the urinary tract.

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Drink Plenty of Fluids, Particularly Water
Drink Plenty of Fluids, Particularly Water

Fluids and getting a passable kidney stone into your ureter is, I believe, possible, healthy and one thing you should do to pass a stone. The second is let it pass through your ureter naturally. Lastly, if you know it is in your bladder and not passing, do the same things you would to get it from your kidney to ureter, that usually works for me to get it all the way out.

Eat a low-fat Diet
Eat a low-fat Diet

To prevent uric acid stones, cut down on high-purine foods such as red meat, organ meats, and shellfish, and follow a healthy diet that contains mostly vegetables and fruits, whole grains, and low fat dairy products.

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Eat Lemons or Oranges, or Drink Fresh Lemonade
Eat Lemons or Oranges, or Drink Fresh Lemonade

Lemon juice is a popular ingredient used in fresh lemonade, facial tonics, and natural household cleaning recipes. Folk medicine says this vitamin C-rich juice may even dissolve kidney stones, yet science remains inconclusive on these claims.

Eat Less Salt
Eat Less Salt

Your chance of developing kidney stones increases when you eat more sodium. Sodium is a part of salt. Sodium is in many canned, packaged, and fast foods. It is also in many condiments, seasonings, and meats.

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Limit how Much Protein you eat
Limit how Much Protein you eat

Although you may need to limit how much animal protein you eat each day, you still need to make sure you get enough protein. Consider replacing some of the meat and animal protein you would typically eat with beans, dried peas, and lentils, which are plant-based foods that are high in protein and low in oxalate.

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Struvite Stones
Struvite Stones

Kidney stones made up of calcium oxalate are rather common in the Western world and struvite kidney stones make up about 30 percent of urinary tract stones. In the U.S., it is estimated that anywhere between 10 and 15 percent of all stones are struvite.

Uric Acid Stones
Uric Acid Stones

Uric acid stones are one of four major types of kidney stones, which include calcium stones (calcium oxalate and calcium phosphate), struvite stones, and cystine stones. A kidney stone is a hard mass of crystallized minerals that form in the kidneys or urinary tract.