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Not necessarily.

If acutely infected it is an emergency.

A lot of stones are found on imaging that never cause any problems. Those can be left alone. Others pass, which is extremely painful, but otherwise not harmful to the long term health. Occasionally, either due to obstructing the urine flow or due to pain, they have to be removed.

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