Passing Kidney Stones

If you experience a nagging pain -- rather like toothache -- in your back, slightly higher up than you would normally expect, then you might be suffering the first symptoms of passing a kidney stone. By considering your diet and lifestyle, you will then know if your back ache is just that: back ache -- or maybe something more serious, such as passing kidney stones.

The sort of lifestyle, that increases your chances of that back ache being a kidney stone are the following diet and lifestyle:

** Do you eat red meat pretty much every day?

** Do you eat few, if any, fruits and vegetables?

** is your fluid intake mainly soda, colas or coffee?

** Do you drink very little pure water?

** Do you tend to drive everywhere, sit all day and slump in a couch at night?

** Do you rarely, if ever, go for a brisk walk or go to a gym?

If you answer "Yes" to most or all of these questions, that -- coupled with the unusual high back pain -- could just point to an impending kidney stone attack.

But all is not lost, because you can act before the excruciating pain gets going and avoid the need for a trip to the ER and costly medical intervention. All you need do is use my Guaranteed Home Remedies For Kidney Stones which use a few safe, regular grocery items, costing about ten dollars, which dissolve your stone in most cases, so minimizing the pain you experience and allowing the stone to quickly pass out of your body.

When you start to pass a kidney stone, there will be little doubt about what is happening. The pain will hit you like an express train. It will start off in your back -- either to the left or right -- just below your rib cage and eventually it will appear to move right through you and ends up either on your left or right hand groin. When this starts to happen, it is an indication you are starting to pass the stone.

Passing the stone can take a few hours or many. If you find that your urine turns red or becomes dark, that's a sign the stone has punctured the delicate lining of the urinary tract, linking the kidney with the bladder. Should you want to urinate, but find yourself unable, this is a sign that your stone has got stuck in the urinary tract and has sealed off the flow of urine from the kidney.

This is a very serious state of affairs and you should seek urgent medical attention, because urine that cannot drain from the kidney can flow back and cause a dangerous infection, which could permanently damage your kidney if not quickly treated.

Provided there is no sign of blood in your urine and you can urinate freely, you can probably avoid medical intervention and get rid of the kidney stone in a few hours using these Guaranteed Home Remedies For Kidney Stones This uses a few, safe grocery items from your local convenience store and safely dissolves the stone, so it can pass without getting stuck or tearing the urinary tract.