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Suggest Medicine For Kidney Stones

my younger brother has stones of 10 mm in left kidny and this kidney is horse shoe shape both the kidny is connected with a minner block. he has got his treatment from cmc vellore, doctors removed some stone by making a small hole in waist and suggested for 14 times lithotripsy as 1 lithotripsy per week.
Wed, 14 Jan 2015
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Stones of size 10 mm are large and cannot be eliminated by medicines. The approach by doctors suggesting 14 sessions of lithotripsy is among the best solutions. Lithotripsy is a safe procedure with least complications. Your brother has a horse shoe kidney and there fore there is a higher tendency of stone formations. Lithotripsy is done session wise and all the stones cannot be targeted at a single session. Your brother must drink lots of water and visit washrooms regularly. This way his kidneys will be regularly flushed and any smaller stones and fragments will be washed out through the normal passage with urine.
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Suggest Medicine For Kidney Stones

Hi, Thanks for writing in. Stones of size 10 mm are large and cannot be eliminated by medicines. The approach by doctors suggesting 14 sessions of lithotripsy is among the best solutions. Lithotripsy is a safe procedure with least complications. Your brother has a horse shoe kidney and there fore there is a higher tendency of stone formations. Lithotripsy is done session wise and all the stones cannot be targeted at a single session. Your brother must drink lots of water and visit washrooms regularly. This way his kidneys will be regularly flushed and any smaller stones and fragments will be washed out through the normal passage with urine.