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2. Kidney stone disease - Wikipedia

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   A kidney stone (yellow) composed of calcium oxalate, next to a tourmaline gemstone for scale. Calcium is one component of the most common type of human kidney stones, calcium oxalate. Some studies suggest that people who take calcium or vitamin D as a dietary supplement have a higher risk of developing kidney stones.

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

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   Half a million people go to the emergency room to treat kidney stones. Here's what causes them, what the pain feels like, and how they're treated. ... Half a million people go to the emergency ...

4. Urologic disease - Wikipedia

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   Intrinsic kidney diseases are the classic diseases of the kidney including drug toxicity and nephritis. Post-renal kidney failure is outlet obstruction after the kidney, such as a kidney stone or prostatic bladder outlet obstruction. Kidney failure may require medication, dietary lifestyle modifications, and dialysis.

5. Calcium oxalate - Wikipedia

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   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] Some of the oxalate in urine is produced by the body. Calcium and oxalate in the diet play a part but are not the only factors that affect the formation of calcium oxalate stones.

6. Mom, 41, has legs amputated after kidney stone turns almost ...

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   Kidney stones come with the risk of a kidney infection, which can lead to sepsis, the body’s life-threatening response to infection, the Sepsis Alliance warns. But experts say such severe cases ...

7. The #1 Sign of Kidney Stones Most People Miss ... - AOL

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   As a result, some people think they have a severe stomach bug, food poisoning or a digestive issue as opposed to kidney stones. "When a stone forms, it may be as small as a grain of salt or in ...

8. Hypercalcaemia - Wikipedia

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   dialysis usually used in severe hypercalcaemia complicated by kidney failure. Supplemental phosphate should be monitored and added if necessary; phosphate therapy can correct the hypophosphataemia in the face of hypercalcaemia and lower serum calcium, but this can further increase the risk for kidney stones and nephrocalcinosis

9. Calculus (medicine) - Wikipedia

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   Human gallstones, all removed from one patient. Grid scale 1 mm. Calculi in the inner ear are called otoliths; Calculi in the urinary system are called urinary calculi and include kidney stones (also called renal calculi or nephroliths) and bladder stones (also called vesical calculi or cystoliths).