by Evan Goldfischer | Nov 7, 2018 | Treatment of Kidney Stones
So far, I’ve discussed the three most common options for treatment of kidney stones—ureteroscopy, shock wave lithotripsy, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy. But there is one more treatment that deserves mention: open surgery. Open surgery is the most invasive option...
by Evan Goldfischer | Sep 12, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Risk Factors for Kidney Stones
Statistics say that one in 10 Americans will have a kidney stone at some time in their lives. Aside from already having had a kidney stone attack, what can increase the odds that a person will have the misfortune to develop stones? Here are a few factors. Age Studies...
by Evan Goldfischer | Aug 29, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Symptoms of kidney stones
You wake up one morning with pain in your lower abdomen. When you go to the bathroom, you realize it hurts to pee, and what’s more alarming, when you look at your output, you see that it’s reddish in color. But is it a urinary tract infection, or is it a kidney stone?...
by Evan Goldfischer | Aug 22, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Causes of Kidney Stones, Preventing kidney stones
Until recently, women had a much lower risk of getting kidney stones than men. But, sorry ladies, your odds of landing a stone are now almost equal to those of men. Why? There are a few reasons. One major reason women are getting stones is because they’re taking...
by Evan Goldfischer | Aug 15, 2018 | Types of Kidney Stones
If you’ve had an attack of kidney stones, you probably didn’t care what kind of stones they were, as long as they were gone—as soon as possible! But you might be curious to know that not all kidney stones are alike: they don’t look alike, they’re not the same size or...
