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Are Kidney Stones Related To Intake Of Birth Control Pills?
i am 23 years old 100 lbs 5'1" i suffered chronic kidney stones for 5 yrs and no one can tell me why but i started getting kidney stones after starting the depo-provera birth control shot and the stones stopped shortly after stopping the birth control is there a connection between the 2
Tue, 7 Aug 2018
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Birth control pills doesn’t leads to kidney stones and stones might be due to something else like dehydration or obesity. As of drink plentiful water and a yearly follow up scan would be better to further development of stones.
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Birth control pills doesn’t leads to kidney stones and stones might be due to something else like dehydration or obesity. As of drink plentiful water and a yearly follow up scan would be better to further development of stones.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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