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  2. What the color of urine tells you about your health

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    A urologist explains what to watch out for in your urine’s color, clarity and odor. ... For instance, patients with kidney stones might need more water to help manage their condition, while ...

  3. More kids are getting kidney stones, and doctors don ... - AOL

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    Kidney stones are caused by high levels of the minerals calcium, oxalate, and phosphorus in urine. These minerals are normally found in urine and do not cause problems at low levels.

  4. What does the color of your pee reveal about your health ...

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    It can be a sign of blood in the urine from kidney stones, kidney cancer or bladder cancer. One indicator that dark urine is from blood, says Ellerkmann, is if it continues to show up for several ...

  5. Kidney stone disease - Wikipedia

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    Maintenance of dilute urine by means of vigorous fluid therapy is beneficial in all forms of kidney stones, so increasing urine volume is a key principle for the prevention of kidney stones. Fluid intake should be sufficient to maintain a urine output of at least 2 litres (68 US fl oz) per day. [88]

  6. Calcium oxalate - Wikipedia

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    About 76% of kidney stones are partially or entirely of the calcium oxalate type. [6] They form when urine is persistently saturated with calcium and oxalate. Between 1% and 15% of people globally are affected by kidney stones at some point. [14] [15] In 2015, they caused about 16,000 deaths worldwide. [16]

  7. Kidney - Wikipedia

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    Kidney stones (nephrolithiasis) are a relatively common and particularly painful disorder. A chronic condition can result in scars to the kidneys. The removal of kidney stones involves ultrasound treatment to break up the stones into smaller pieces, which are then passed through the urinary tract. One common symptom of kidney stones is a sharp ...

  8. What causes kidney stones? What does kidney stone pain ... - AOL

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    A kidney stone is a hard object, which can be as small as a grain of salt or as big as a golf ball, made from chemicals—calcium oxalate, uric acid, struvite, and cystine—found in our urine.

  9. Struvite - Wikipedia

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    Struvite kidney stones are also known as triple phosphate stones (calcium magnesium ammonium phosphate), owing to the presence of carbonate apatite that precipitates to accompany struvite at high pH. [10] [11] [12] Struvite and carbonate apatite precipitate in alkaline urine, forming kidney stones.