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How To Treat Kidney Stones Of 10mm And 3mm On Both Kidneys?
Hi I'm 35, male, I have a regular 15 km walking exercise for 20 years, when I suffered couple of months ago lassitude and was sensitive to slight sickness, head to a doct. two kidney stones detected; one 10mm in lower pole of the left kidney the other 3mm mid pole of the right one, eswl applied for the one in the left twenty five days ago but I could not discharge the whole particles, I try exercises, and plenty of water but unfortunately I fail to drop the rest? what should i do
Thu, 25 Aug 2016
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I usually advice my patients to go for swimming if they can, to drop those stones.
Dependining on the configuration of the kidney, the fragments may or may not pass.
If they dont pass then you may have to have an operation called PCNL or flexible ureteroscopy to remove it.
I usually advice my patients to go for swimming if they can, to drop those stones.
Dependining on the configuration of the kidney, the fragments may or may not pass.
If they dont pass then you may have to have an operation called PCNL or flexible ureteroscopy to remove it.
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