Dr. Praveen Pushkar

Kidneys are small organs which are responsible for filtering out wastes from the body. When the body doesn’t have much fluid to flush out the waste or is not well hydrated, these small clumps or salts can stick together to form kidney stones. Often made up of calcium or uric acid, these stones can travel through the urinary tract and can be quite painful. Some stones are so small that one wouldn’t even know that such a problem ever existed but some stones gain in size over a period of time and can cause a lot of pain. Stones are more common in men, especially people who are obese, have a family history, don’t stay hydrated. Dr Praveen Pushkar is one of the best kidney stone specialist in Faridabad, Haryana and has been associated with a hospital for kidney transplant in Faridabad . According to him, the symptoms only start to be prominent when the stone passes into the ureter. You may experience pain while urinating or notice blood in your urine. As the stone travels down the urinar...

Before we start talking about the various treatment options available to get rid of kidney stones, let’s first understand what causes kidney stones to form, various types and symptoms. The bean shaped organ helps in maintaining a healthy balance of water, salts and minerals. If the levels of these salts and minerals increase due to any reason, it may lead to the formation of stones. Well, there might be few stones in the kidney which may cause pain depending on the size of the stone however if the size increases and if the stone travels to the ureter and gets stuck there, that would result in a lot of pain. The treatment for Kidney stones depends on what the stone is made of. The most common type of Kidney stone are either made of calcium oxate or calcium phosphate. The second type is Uric acid stone which is made of Uric acid crystals which haven’t dissolved over time. The last two type of stones which are very uncommon are Struvite and Cystine stones. The most common symptom is a ...