What is Kidney Stone?

Kidney stones (also called renal calculi, nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis) are hard deposits made of minerals and salts that form inside your kidneys.

Diet, excess body weight, some medical conditions, and certain supplements and medications are among the many causes of kidney stones. Kidney stones can affect any part of your urinary tract — from your kidneys to your bladder. Often, stones form when the urine becomes concentrated, allowing minerals to crystallize and stick together.

Passing kidney stones can be quite painful, but the stones usually cause no permanent damage if they're recognized in a timely fashion. Depending on your situation, you may need nothing more than to take pain medication and drink lots of water to pass a kidney stone. In other instances — for example, if stones become lodged in the urinary tract, are associated with a urinary infection or cause complications — surgery may be needed.

Your doctor may recommend preventive treatment to reduce your risk of recurrent kidney stones if you're at increased risk of developing them again.

Symptoms:

A kidney stone usually will not cause symptoms until it moves around within your kidney or passes into your ureters — the tubes connecting the kidneys and the bladder. If it becomes lodged in the ureters, it may block the flow of urine and cause the kidney to swell and the ureter to spasm, which can be very painful. At that point, you may experience these signs and symptoms:

• Severe, sharp pain in the side and back, below the ribs

• Pain that radiates to the lower abdomen and groin

• Pain that comes in waves and fluctuates in intensity

• Pain or burning sensation while urinating

Other signs and symptoms may include:

• Pink, red or brown urine

• Cloudy or foul-smelling urine

• A persistent need to urinate, urinating more often than usual or urinating in small amounts

• Nausea and vomiting

• Fever and chills if an infection is present.

• Pain caused by a kidney stone may change — for instance, shifting to a different location or increasing in intensity — as the stone moves through your urinary tract.

Causes:

Kidney stones often have no definite, single cause, although several factors may increase your risk.

Kidney stones form when your urine contains more crystal-forming substances — such as calcium, oxalate and uric acid — than the fluid in your urine can dilute. At the same time, your urine may lack substances that prevent crystals from sticking together, creating an ideal environment for kidney stones to form.

Types of kidney stones include:

Calcium stones: Most kidney stones are calcium stones, usually in the form of calcium oxalate. Oxalate is a substance made daily by your liver or absorbed from your diet. Certain fruits and vegetables, as well as nuts and chocolate, have high oxalate content.
Dietary factors: high doses of vitamin D, intestinal bypass surgery and several metabolic disorders can increase the concentration of calcium or oxalate in urine.
Calcium stones: may also occur in the form of calcium phosphate. This type of stone is more common in metabolic conditions, such as renal tubular acidosis. It may also be associated with certain medications used to treat migraines or seizures, such as topiramate (Topamax, Trokendi XR, Qudexy XR).
Struvite stones: Struvite stones form in response to a urinary tract infection. These stones can grow quickly and become quite large, sometimes with few symptoms or little warning.
Uric acid stones: Uric acid stones can form in people who lose too much fluid because of chronic diarrhea or malabsorption, those who eat a high-protein diet, and those with diabetes or metabolic syndrome. Certain genetic factors also may increase your risk of uric acid stones.
Cystine stones: These stones form in people with a hereditary disorder called cystinuria that causes the kidneys to excrete too much of a specific amino acid.

Risk factors:
Factors that increase your risk of developing kidney stones include:

Family or personal history: If someone in your family has had kidney stones, you're more likely to develop stones, too. If you've already had one or more kidney stones, you're at increased risk of developing another.
Dehydration: Not drinking enough water each day can increase your risk of kidney stones. People who live in warm, dry climates and those who sweat a lot may be at higher risk than others.
Certain diets: Eating a diet that's high in protein, sodium (salt) and sugar may increase your risk of some types of kidney stones. This is especially true with a high-sodium diet. Too much salt in your diet increases the amount of calcium your kidneys must filter and significantly increases your risk of kidney stones.
Obesity: High body mass index (BMI), large waist size and weight gain have been linked to an increased risk of kidney stones.
Digestive diseases and surgery: Gastric bypass surgery, inflammatory bowel disease or chronic diarrhea can cause changes in the digestive process that affect your absorption of calcium and water, increasing the amounts of stone-forming substances in your urine.

Other medical conditions such as renal tubular acidosis, cystinuria, hyperparathyroidism and repeated urinary tract infections also can increase your risk of kidney stones.

Certain supplements and medications, such as vitamin C, dietary supplements, laxatives (when used excessively), calcium-based antacids, and certain medications used to treat migraines or depression, can increase your risk of kidney stones.

Acharya Sushruta explains the two processes of stone formation. One is by the stagnation and supersaturation of the urine by crystal-forming substances — such as calcium, oxalate and uric acid — that the fluid in your urine can dilute. At the same time, your urine may lack substances that prevent crystals from sticking together, creating an ideal environment for kidney stones to form.

Ayurvedic Management:
Panchakarma

Panchakarma is an elegant cleansing process that releases stored toxins and restores the body’s innate healing ability.
Please consult with your ayurvedic doctor to get advice on planning a personalized panchakarma package that includes a series of massages, steam therapy, purgation, enemas to bladder and bowel, etc. according to your dosha imbalances.More than 95% of renal stones can be broken up and expelled without surgery by ayurvedic remedies and therapy. Undergoing Panchakarma therapy every year helps prevent kidney stones developing.

Ayurvedic Herbs & Medicines:

•  Ayurvedic treatment of renal stones includes a range of therapies that include plant-based medicine, diet and lifestyle changes.

•  Altering the biochemical quality of urine can help in the treatment and prevention of Ashmari. This can be achieved by more fluid intake and diet changes. Also, in ayurveda a number of diuretic herbs are indicated that help break the stones so they are easily expelled in the urine.

•  In ayurvedic texts mainly three types of drugs Mutravirechaniya (diuretic) Ashmarighna Dravya (lithotriptic)and Kshara Karma (alkali therapy) are mentioned for the treatment of Renal stones.

• Also, after surgery, or if you have repeated kidney stones, ayurvedic herbs and remedies can avoid the chances of recurrence.

Ayurvedic herbs for Renal stones:

• Punarnava (Boerhaavia Diffusa)

• Varuna (Crataeva nurvala)

• Gokhru ( Tribulus terrestris)

• Pashanabheda (Bergenia ligulata)

• Daruhhaldar (Berberis aristata)

• Yavakshar (Hordeum vulgare)

• Shuddh Shilajit (Asphaltum Puniabium)

• Moolik Shar (Raphanus raphanistrum)

• Kulthi (Macrotyloma uniflorum)
  This are the ingredients are found in Urodon Syrup & Urodon Capsule which acts an adjuvant in chronic or recurrent UTI, Killing even the resistant strains of bacteria with the help of unique vital herbal concentration and combination.

Some Home Remedies:
1) Drink right:

•  Barley water (morning and evening)

•  Lemon water

•  Buttermilk

•  Coconut water (morning)

•  Pumpkin soup

•  Sweet lime juice (not in excess)

2) Consume sugarcane:

•  Mix green cardamom with a little sugarcane juice (twice a day empty stomach)

•  Tulsi seeds with sugarcane and milk

•  Cumin seeds, sugarcane, and honey

•  Fennel seeds, coriander, sugarcane/mishri (unrefined sugar)

3) Take some watermelon (preferably eat the fruit)

4) Include amla powder in food

Dos vs Don’ts: A simple truth about Ayurvedic remedies:
 1) Drink enough water vs liquor consumption, aerated drinks
 2) Eat on time
 3) Urinate on time vs holding the urge
 4) Cleanse the bowel by drinking warm water early in the morning
 5) Avoid tomatoes, brinjal, chikku, too many bananas, dairy products, maida food - if you have a history of kidney stones
 6) Regularly practice yoga poses, meditation, pranayama vs a sedentary lifestyle / too much   exercise (in the case of a large stone, or hypertension)
 7) Eat fruits with high water content

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