by Dr Fredric Coe | Oct 23, 2022 | Book, For Doctors, For Patients, For Scientists
The term ‘infection stones’ means stones caused by the action of bacteria. At the present time only struvite stones belong in this category. Struvite is a composite of magnesium, ammonium ion, and phosphate ion. Certain bacteria can decompose urea in urine...
by Dr Fredric Coe | Oct 17, 2022 | Book, Book Topics, For Doctors, For Patients
It is not enough to tell people they need to change this or that in their diets for stone prevention. We did that already, here, in a lot of articles. What people need is a meal plan that has in it all the things for stone prevention and tastes good, is easy enough to...
by Dr Fredric Coe | May 28, 2017 | Book
A Good Place to Start The videos review the chapter and emphasize the main points. I would start with them. Salt Ponds The featured image shows salt harvesting from evaporation ponds. The sea is salty and like our blood holds its salts in...
by Dr Fredric Coe | May 27, 2017 | Book
The video is a big enhancement of this article, I recommend it. The Structure of Kidneys Stones form inside the kidneys and the urine collecting system. How they form matters to patients because surgeons can see formation sites during stone removal by...
by Dr Fredric Coe | May 26, 2017 | Book
Among the thousands of comments on this site, this one theme rings out. Patients Are Confused Many patients just have no idea about what to do. They suffer from confusion. They have stones, one or many. Surgeries occur, or not. CT scans show this number of stones, or...
by Dr Fredric Coe | May 25, 2017 | Book
Phenotype is a medical term physicians use to identify groups of patients who share diagnoses and treatments in common. Although every kidney stone former has unique traits that need attention, they can be grouped into phenotypes for which certain general treatment...
