Kidney Stones: A Sign of Something Worse? (Dramatic Health)

In this Medical Minute (Health Video), Dr. Del Pizzo of Cornell Urology, helps us understand why kidney stones form and if they are a sign of something much worse. A kidney health video featuring one of the leading kidney health physicians.

Source: An Original HealthTheater.tv Production/In association with the Dept. of Urology, Weill-Cornell New York Presbyterian Hospital. Credits: Executive Producer:Sean Moloney, Editor:Calvin C. CHOI

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• kidney
• stone
• pain
• urology
• urine
• urinary
• health
• doctor
• physician
• medical
• dramatic

[larryglass61]

i have had 3 surgeries the pain is HORRIBLE..if they couldn't get me out of the pain then JUST SHOOT ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MrGizmo757]

Want to know what a stone feels like? Drive a 4 inch pole through your ribs and twist wile an elephant stands on your nuts and a midget constantly kicks you in the bladder. that's about what it feels like. :-) By the time you get to the ER you wont care if somebody just walks up and shoots you. that's how much pain you will be in. a stone can and will bring the toughest of men to their knees.

[WizardofCake]

Yup exactly how I felt this morning... /:

[TazzyProductions]

I was wondering if there was someone who could help me. I was doing running today in school and I will admit that I haven't done running for a while. My thigh start to hurt and ache. I got home and now my thigh doesn't hurt but the back of my hip and a little higher does. Basically from my left kidney and below. I drunk some soda and it started hurting again. It hurts to move. It's like a sharpish achey pain. I don't have a good diet (crisps, chocolate, but I drink orange juice :p)

[BBxFreko]

i THINK i have something like that..i have more than 1yr with that pain,, but mines goes and comes back,, it doesn't really hurt much, but it get me frustrated and moving around like he mentioned :-/ it hurts front and back in my left rib cage, i'm just that worried b/c its around the heart.. does any one know about that??

[jazzstars]

PAIN will bring down an ELEPHANT ..

[MrGizmo757]

i develop kidney stones all the time. you can see small fragments in My pee every time i pee have been like that for 5 years now. i pass a 5mm to 7 mm stone once ever few months. Doctors cant figure out why. the only thing they have found is that My right kidney is slightly enlarged. that's it. all other test or normal. Diet is fine. Citrate levels are borderline but that's it. why am i a freaking stone factory? this is no fun. :-(

[nellesor25]

an herbal juice drink in my country will surely help. i know people who had their stones just fell on the toilet bowl.

[morito20]

If you have Kidney stones then your diet is wrong. First drop as much complex carbs as possible and stop eating so much cholesterol...kidney stones are formed mainly from cholesterol.