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Small kidney stones are not causing symptoms, obstruction, or infection usually does not need to be addressed. Drink plenty of fluid increases urine production and helps wash some stones, once a stone is passed, no other immediate treatment is necessary. renal colic pain can be relieved by narcotic analgesics.

Eating a diet that contains leafy green vegetables, fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes, fish and poultry in small portions. Include foods that have a high ratio of magnesium to calcium, such as rice, bananas, oats, barley and soybeans, which are high in fiber, like oat bran, psyllium seed husk, and flaxseed meal.

Avoid sugar (to check the ingredients hidden sources of sugar), alcohol, antacids, excessive protein, dairy products (especially milk), salt, soda, caffeine, and refined white flour products such as pasta, white bread , and baked goods.

Drink plenty of water (two and a half to three liters per day) and being physically active are often enough to move a stone out of the body. However, if there is infection, blockage, or a risk of kidney damage, a stone should always be removed.

Kidney stones often causes no symptoms. Usually the first symptom of a kidney stone is extreme pain, which begins suddenly when a stone moves in the urinary tract and blocks the flow of urine. Typically, a person feels a sharp, cramping pain in the back and side in the area of the kidneys or lower abdomen. Sometimes nausea and vomiting occur. Later, the pain may spread to the groin.

When a tubular structure is locked in the body, the pain is generated in the waves as the body tries to unblock the obstruction. These waves are called colic.

May be visible blood in the urine because stone has irritated the ureter. blood in the urine, however, does not always mean a person has a kidney stone. There may be other reasons for the blood, including kidney and bladder infections, trauma or tumors. Urine under a microscope to detect blood in May even if not seen with the naked eye. Sometimes, if the stone causes complete obstruction may not be blood in the urine, which can not pass the stone.