I think I read that they can also be caused by repetitive dehydration. Something about being dehydrated causes all the minerals to form a microscopic cluster, which over time and repeated dyhydration, grows until expelled. The article, if I remember correctly said they can be common in distance runners and atheletes who do not stay adequately hydrated.

 

Yes it is and yes it was. Three years ago this week. Absolutely horrible. I was lucky and the pain only lasted a day. The hospital knew exactly what it was and took me in immediately. Have had no reoccurrences, but once you have one, you are suseptable to more.

 

MY DAD JUST CAME OUT OF KIDNEY SURGERY. HE HAD TOTAL 5 OPERATIONS LAST ONE HE HAD TO TAKE IT FROM THE BACK. THE FIRST TIME HE GOT IT THEY HAD TO PUT A STEM AND HE WOULD PISS EVERY 1 HOUR B4 CAREFUL

 

I had my first kidney stone about 3 years ago. It started out like a cramp in my side, and got worse and worse. I thought I was having an appendicitis attack, but it turned out to be a kidney stone. The pain was the worst I have ever felt, it took 4 units of morphine before I stopped yelling. I went to the hospital, where it finally workied it's way to my bladder.

About 2 weeks later, at work, I went to pee and felt something really bad - the stone got caught half way down, if you know what I mean I had to stand by the water fountain and gulp water for about 30 minutes, until I could get enough pressure to blow the stone out. When it did, what a relief!!! It looked just like a small raisin, and was about the same size too!

 

/me goes and gets some water.

 

Can you get stones from eating too much red meat?

Do the symptons include flashes of sharp pain under the ribcage when laying on your back or bending over a certain way?

 

no wonder it hurts so friggin much!!!

 

so do women get kidney stones?? i mean, women get dehydrated as well. unless it's hormonally influenced, i can't understand why kidney stones afflict men, but not women...

 

I had kidney stones a few times. There are two types. Calcium stones and citric acid stones. I have excessive amounts of blood calcium for whatever reason and it gets deposited in my kidneys. The first time was a year and a half ago. I woke up in the middle of the night with a sore back that felt like I pulled a muscle. It progressively got worse until I felt like someone had stabbed me in the back with a rambo hunting knife and was carving up my insides. The pain and cramping is so severe that you get sick and throw up constantly too. It's the worst pain imaginable and I wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy. So now I drink water like a fish and take cranberry supplements to acidify my urine so the stones end up like sand and don't get too big.

 

^ wow. sorry to hear about your experience. so if cranberry juice is supposed to minimize the development of kidney stones, then i think i will begin to drink them on a regular basis. i'm still curious to know if calcium supplements can lead to a more rapid development of kidney stones. i take calcium supplements daily because i do not consume enough of that mineral via food...at least i don't think so...