Mary James Finding out that your child has a kidney stone can be worrying. You may wonder whether changing meals or encouraging more water will help the stone pass without a procedure. Diet and fluids can support prevention, but diet alone should not be relied on to dissolve or pass a child’s kidney stone. Treatment depends on … Read more
If you have had a kidney stone, you may have heard conflicting advice about alcohol. Some people blame drinking for stones, while others claim that beer helps flush them out. Alcohol is not a recommended treatment for kidney stones. Although some observational research links beer and wine consumption with fewer new stones, this does not … Read more
Passing a kidney stone can bring enormous relief. When another stone appears, the question changes from “How do I get through this?” to “Why does this keep happening?” Recurrent kidney stones treatment involves managing the current stone and investigating what makes new stones form. Drinking habits and diet matter, but repeated episodes may also call … Read more