How to Prevent Kidney Stones?

Kidney stones can really be awful! One thing to do to prevent them is to drink a lot of fluid, all the time. Drinking orange juice has been rumored for helping as well.

Diet is one of several factors that can promote or inhibit kidney stone formation. Different kinds of kidney stones require different prevention diets. Drinking water and other fluids is the most important thing a person can do to prevent kidney stones.

People who have had a kidney stone should drink enough water and other fluids to make at least 2 quarts of urine each day. Diets high in salt, or sodium, can increase the excretion of calcium into the urine and thus increase the risk of calcium containing kidney stones. Reducing salt intake is preferred to reducing calcium intake.

Foods rich in animal proteins-such as meat, eggs, and fish-contain purines and can increase the risk of uric acid stones and calcium stones. Calcium from food can help prevent kidney stone formation and help maintain bone density. Avoiding foods rich in oxalates, such as spinach and rhubarb, may help prevent calcium oxalate stones.

After a doctor has completed an evaluation and determined the causes of a person’s stones, a dietitian can help a person plan meals that lower the risk of forming stones. The Division of Kidney, Urologic, and Hematologic Diseases of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) funds research on the causes, treatments, and prevention of kidney stones. The NIDDK is part of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD.

What dietary factors promote or protect against stone formation? How can doctors predict, or screen, those at risk for getting stones? Do genes play a role in stone formation?

What is the natural substance(s) found in urine that blocks stone formation?

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