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What can be used to break up kidney stones and gallstones?
Lithotripsy is a general term meaning stone crushing, and can be applied to the destruction of both kidney stones and gallstones.
Are kidney stones and gallstones the same?
Its gall stones (as in gall bladder) and no they are different.
Can energy drinks cause kidney stones?
i do believe energy drinks do cause gallstones.
What is the medical term meaning pertaining to the formation of stones?
Hypocitrauria can lead to Kidney stones, and cholesterol causes crystallization of gallstones in the Gall Bladder.
What is Extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy?
This is a technique that uses high-pressure waves similar to sound waves to fracture small solid objects such as gallstones, kidney stones, etc.
What causes of kidney stones?
little ruballias forming inside causing a cancer like effect
Do you pass gallstones through your urine or your bowels?
Gallstones, if passing through the bile duct, enter the intestine and are then passed through the bowels. Kidney stones, however, would pass through the ureter, bladder and urethra, into the urine.
What is cholecystitis with cholelithiasis?
Kidney stones are solid accumulations of material that form in the tubal system of the kidney. Kidney stones cause problems when they block the flow of urine through or out of the kidney. When the stones move along the ureter, they cause severe pain.A gallstone is a solid crystal deposit that forms in the gallbladder, which is a pear-shaped organ that stores bile salts until they are needed to help digest fatty foods. Gallstones can migrate to other parts of the digestive tract and cause severe pain with life-threatening complications.
Does soda pop contribute to kidney stones?
nah that happens when u have to much milk or sex I just got out of the hospital after almost dying from kidney stones that caused a kidney infection so bad it spread to my blood. The doctor told me dark sodas have somehting in it that can lead to stones.
What are the health benefits of drinking decaf coffee or tea instead of water?
Caffeine from tea and coffee has been known to cause kidney problems even kidney stones.
Is cholelithiasis the formation of stones?
Cholelithiasis is the condition of gallstones.
What are the two types of choletiths and what is the composition of each?
The two types of gallstones are cholesterol stones and pigment stones. Cholesterol stones are usually yellow-green and are made primarily of hardened cholesterol. They account for about 80 percent of gallstones. Pigment stones are small, dark stones made of bilirubin.
