This big topic includes the miseries of stone pain and the array of other diseases that constellate with stones either because stones cause them or because stones are part of a manifold of disease.
Bone disease is common in kidney stone formers and often ascribed to idiopathic hypercalciuria or willful low calcium diet misused in stone prevention. But that bone disease may not be only from such causes but part of a larger complex.
Pain and Injury from Stones
Pain
How do kidney stones cause pain?
Kidney Injury
Passing a stone: How Long Can You Wait?
Hypertension, vascular disease and kidney disease
Kidney stones, Stroke, and Myocardial infarction – Increased risk in stone formers, especially younger women
How to lower blood pressure in kidney stone patients – Detailed instructions for patients
Kidney stones, kidney function, kidney disease – What is kidney function, evidence stones reduce it
Kidney stones can cause kidney disease – Detailed version of preceding article
Glomerular filtration – Background article on the main kidney function physicians measure
How kidneys function – This page contains all three kidney disease articles and some comment as well
The true meaning of renal clearance – High level, explains why small reductions of kidney function may have large systemic effects
Case 6: Bariatric surgery and kidney injury – A special cause of serious kidney injury
Bone Disease
Idiopathic hypercalciuria – This common trait of stone formers is a leading bone disease suspect
Control your salt for less stones and stronger bones – How sodium contributes to bone disease
Our diet promotes stones and bone disease – How our diet causes bone mineral loss
Does too much protein damage bones or promote stone disease? – A controversy exists whether protein damages bone
Sodium and Sugar: Nemeses for bones, hypertension, stones and health in general
Salt – Detailed article on how sodium does such harm
Against Sugar – The evils of sugar for stones and health
How do I get advise about what to do with all the kidney stones I produce? I have had so many surgeries I have quit counting!
Hi Kimberly, Here is a good place to start. Regards, Fred Coe
Where can I find out more information in regards to stones attaching to inside of kidney.
Thank you
Hi Marie, Stones can attach to plaque. Crystals can plug kidney tubules and stones can form over such plugs. Regards, Fred Coe