by Sarah Greeley | Feb 6, 2019 | Book Excerpts, Treatment of Kidney Stones
Coping with the aches and pains of any medical condition, but especially kidney stones, can be a real struggle. Some days, the pain may be so overwhelming that you become desperate for an immediate solution, and in that state of mind you may be willing to try...
by Evan Goldfischer | Jan 9, 2019 | Book Excerpts, Preventing kidney stones
If you’ve had a kidney stone, by now you should know what type of stone you have. This information is important, because the prevention plan your doctor prescribes will differ based on the type of stone. I know I’ve said this lots of times, but the number-one thing...
by Evan Goldfischer | Dec 4, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Treatment of Kidney Stones
You want that kidney stone out, and you’re hoping that it will pass on its own. Because of that, you may have looked online and found some pretty wacky ways to get a stone out of your body without medical intervention. Here are three of my crazy favorites. I can’t...
by Evan Goldfischer | Oct 3, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Treatment of Kidney Stones
There are some stones that are just too big, aren’t accessible by a ureteroscopy procedure or do not respond to shockwave lithotripsy. These may need to be treated with a procedure called a percutaneous nephrolithotomy or percutaneous nephrolithotripsy, which are just...
by Evan Goldfischer | Sep 26, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Treatment of Kidney Stones
In this, the second of four posts about common treatments for kidney stones, I’m going to discuss a procedure called shock wave lithotripsy (SWL). If your kidney stone is located inside your kidney and has not traveled down into the ureter, you may be a candidate for...
by Evan Goldfischer | Sep 19, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Treatment of Kidney Stones
Why do people get kidney stones? There are lots of reasons. Fortunately, there are a number of treatments available for kidney stones, and in the next several blog posts I’m going to explore them in some detail. The first of these treatments, cystoscopy and...
