Kidney Stones – Symptoms and Prevention

Kidney Stones are mostly common among white men between the ages of 20 and 30. The ‘stones’ are calcium oxalate crystals which form inside the kidney when the body is unable to flush out impurities and toxins that have accumulate in our urine.

The pain is in direct proportion to the size of the Kidney Stones, that is, the bigger the ‘stones’ the more pain we suffer.


Symptoms
1/ Passing of blood with urine
2/ frequent, painful urination
3/ severe pain between the stomach and the groin

If you are susceptible to Kidney Stones, they may recur every 3 or 4 years. You must take care to rid yourself of the pain.

You can prevent this from happening by altering your diet and following these simple steps:

1/ Drink at least 10 glasses of water a day
2/ Reduce your salt intake
3/ Do not take excessive amount of food high in oxalate e.g Spinach, Rhubarb, Black pepper or nuts
4/ Do not eat excessive amount of meat
5/ Limit vitamin C intake to 500 to 1000 mg per day
6/ Limit Calcium intake to 1000 mg per day

Like the saying goes, “prevention is better than cure”. You must do everything within your power to help dissolve your Kidney Stone over time.

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