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How can I take care of myself?

Follow your doctor's instructions.

Make sure you drink enough liquids.

Watch for signs of kidney infection, such as fever, chills, sweats and worsening back or abdominal pain.

Get help, if you need it, with the straining of your urine.

Take the pain medicine prescribed by your doctor.

Make sure you tell your doctor if any difficulties or questions arise.

What can be done to help prevent kidney stones?

If you do not have any underlying health problems, the most important thing is to drink plenty of water daily. The goal should be to urinate from 2 to 4 liters per day. Make sure you avoid getting dehydrated.

There are no specific dietary recommendations until a stone from your system has been analyzed. After analysis you diet can be evaluated and any changes recommended.

Because kidney stones are associated with a number of metabolic diseases, it is important to be under the care of a physician for the stones. Any underlying causes can then be identified and treated. In this way complications besides kidney stones can be prevented.

Kidney stones have known to trouble mankind from time immemorial. Many remedies have been prescribed over the centuries. However the availability of ESWL over the past 25 years has truly revolutionized treatment of stone disease.

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