Stones in the urinary system can form in the kidneys and can sometimes travel down towards the bladder to give rise to acute colics.
There is a wide misconception that only adults develop stones. On the contrary kidney stones are very common in children living in hot climates.
Kidney stones can now be passed out without pain, reveals a new study. Pain caused by the contractions in the ureter, while passing a stone could be alleviated using muscle relaxants.
Urolithiasis is a condition where stones ranging from microscopic sizes to large ones are found in the kidney, ureters or in the urinary bladder.