Kidney Stones Treatment Medscape. If present symptoms are usually moderate and easily controlled. For an obstructed and infected collecting system secondary to stone disease virtually no contraindications exist for emergency surgical relief either by ureteral stent placement a small tube.
Drinking as much as 2 to 3 quarts 1 8 to 3 6 liters a day will keep your urine dilute and may prevent stones from forming. Unless your doctor tells you otherwise drink enough fluid ideally mostly water to produce clear or nearly clear urine. The national institute for health.
Around 3 in 20 men and up to 1 in 10 women develop stones at some time in their life.
Unless your doctor tells you otherwise drink enough fluid ideally mostly water to produce clear or nearly clear urine. If present symptoms are usually moderate and easily controlled. Determining root causes could help decide which option to use. Aggressive treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms with alpha blockers and 5 alpha reductase inhibitors should further decrease the overall incidence of bladder stones by improving bladder.