by Evan Goldfischer | Sep 19, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Treatment of Kidney Stones
Why do people get kidney stones? There are lots of reasons. Fortunately, there are a number of treatments available for kidney stones, and in the next several blog posts I’m going to explore them in some detail. The first of these treatments, cystoscopy and...
by Evan Goldfischer | Sep 12, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Risk Factors for Kidney Stones
Statistics say that one in 10 Americans will have a kidney stone at some time in their lives. Aside from already having had a kidney stone attack, what can increase the odds that a person will have the misfortune to develop stones? Here are a few factors. Age Studies...
by Evan Goldfischer | Sep 5, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Diagnosing kidney stones
As I’ve written before, kidney stones share many symptoms with urinary tract infections. The way your doctor will be able to know the difference is through an array of diagnostic tests. These tests fall into three general categories: imaging, blood tests, and...
by Evan Goldfischer | Aug 29, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Symptoms of kidney stones
You wake up one morning with pain in your lower abdomen. When you go to the bathroom, you realize it hurts to pee, and what’s more alarming, when you look at your output, you see that it’s reddish in color. But is it a urinary tract infection, or is it a kidney stone?...
by Evan Goldfischer | Aug 22, 2018 | Book Excerpts, Causes of Kidney Stones, Preventing kidney stones
Until recently, women had a much lower risk of getting kidney stones than men. But, sorry ladies, your odds of landing a stone are now almost equal to those of men. Why? There are a few reasons. One major reason women are getting stones is because they’re taking...
