The word renal is from the Latin renes (the kidneys). A renal stone is a stone in the kidney/s or in the in the urinary tract. Yes, it is the same as kidney stone. The term renal stone is more technical than what most know as kidney stone.
Symptoms of a renal stone can be blood in the urine and pain in the abdomen, flank, or groin. Renal stone is common in older people, and in the population, probably 1 in 20 people has a renal stone.
Developments of renal stone are directly related to the decrease in fluid intake and thus decrease in urine volume while there is an increase of body excretion of stone forming substances like calcium, oxalate, urate, cystine, xanthine, and phosphates. These stones form in the kidneys and range in different sizes most of which are small and pass through our urine.
Drinking lots of water help people avoid the formation of larger kidney / renal stone that require medical procedure like lithotripsy. Treatment includes relief of pain, hydration and, if there is concurrent urinary infection, antibiotics.
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