Get The Facts About Kidney Stones
Each year, more than half a million people visit an emergency department because of kidney stone pain. Kidney stones are very common and usually, people only know they have kidney stones because of the pain.
Some kidney stones can be as small as a grain of sand. Others can grow as large as a golf ball. Smaller kidney stones may pass relatively easy, but other times passing a kidney stone can be extremely painful.
People can pass small stones by drinking a lot of water and taking over-the-counter pain medication, however, stones that are stuck in the urinary tract or cause complications may need to be surgically removed. The good news is that most kidney stones do not cause any long-term effects.
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